Sirach 13
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| v | Wycliffe1395 |
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| 1 | He that touchith pitch, schal be defoulid of it; and he that comyneth with a proude man, schal clothe pride. |
| 2 | He reisith a weiyte on hym silf, that comyneth with a more onest man than hym silf; and be thou not felowe to a man richere than thou. |
| 2a | 13:3 What schal a cawdroun comyne to a pot? for whanne tho hirtlen hem silf togidere, the pot schal be brokun. |
| 3 | 13:4 A riche man schal do vniustli, and schal gnaste; but a pore man hirt schal be stille. |
| 4 | 13:5 If thou yyuest, he schal take thee; and if thou hast not, he schal forsake thee. |
| 5 | 13:6 If thou hast, he schal lyue togidere with thee, and schal make thee voide; and he schal not haue sorewe on thee. |
| 6 | 13:7 If thou art nedeful to hym, he schal disseyue thee; and he schal flatere, and schal yyue hope, tellinge to thee alle goodis; and schal seie, What is nede to thee? |
| 7 | 13:8 And he schal schende thee in hise metis, til he anyntische thee twies and thries, and at the laste he schal scorne thee; aftirward he schal se, and schal forsake thee, and he schal moue his heed to thee. |
| 7a | 13:9 Be thou maad meke to God, and abide thou hise hondis. |
| 8 | 13:11 Nyle thou be lowe in thi wisdom, lest thou be maad low, and be disseyued in to foli. |
| 9 | 13:12 Whanne thou art clepid of a miytiere man, go thou awei; for bi this he schal more clepe thee. |
| 10 | 13:13 Be thou not greetli pressyng, lest thou be hurtlid doun; and be thou not fer fro hym, lest thou go in to foryetyng. |
| 11 | 13:14 Witholde thou not to speke with hym euenli, and bileue thou not to hise many wordis; for of myche speche he schal tempte thee, and he schal leiye priuyli, and schal axe thee of thin hid thingis. |
| 12 | 13:15 His cruel soule schal kepe thi wordis, and he schal not spare of malice, and of bondis. |
| 13 | 13:16 Be war to thee, and take heede diligentli to thin heryng; for thou goist with thi distriyng. |
| 13a | 13:17 But thou heringe tho thingis, se as in sleep, and thou schalt wake. |
| 14 | 13:18 In al thi lijf loue thou God, and inwardli clepe thou him in thin heelthe. |
| 15 | 13:19 Ech beeste loueth a beeste lijk it silf; so and ech man owith to loue his neiybore. |
| 16 | 13:20 Ech fleisch schal be ioyned to fleisch lijk it silf, and ech man schal be felouschipid to a man lijk hym silf. |
| 17 | 13:21 As a wulf schal comyne sum tyme with a lomb, so a synnere with a iust man. |
| 18 | 13:22 What comininge is of an hooli man to a dogge? ethir what good part is of a riche man to a pore man? |
| 19 | 13:23 The huntyng of a lioun is a wielde asse in desert; so the lesewis of riche men ben pore men. |
| 20 | 13:24 And as mekenesse is abhomynacioun to a proude man, so and a pore man is abhomynacioun of a riche man. |
| 21 | 13:25 A riche man moued is confermed of hise frendis; but a meke man, whanne he fallith, schal be cast out, yhe, of knowun men. |
| 22 | 13:26 Many rekyuereris ben to a riche man disseyued; he spak proudli, and thei iustifieden hym. |
| 22a | 13:27 A meke man is disseiued, ferthermore also he is repreuyd; he spak wiseli, and no place was youun to hym. |
| 22b | 13:28 The riche man spak, and alle men weren stille; and thei schulen brynge his word til to the cloudis. |
| 23 | 13:29 A pore man spak, and thei seien, Who is this? and if he offendith, thei schulen destrye hym. |
| 24 | 13:30 Catel is good to hym, to whom is no synne in conscience; and `the worste pouert is in the mouth of a wickid man. |
| 25 | 13:31 The herte of a man chaungith his face, ethir in good ethir in yuel. |
| 26 | 13:32 Of hard and with trauel thou schalt fynde the step of a good herte, and a good face. |