Sirach 15
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | He that dredith God, schal do goode werkis; and he that holdith riytfulnesse, schal take it. |
| 2 | And it as a modir onourid schal meete hym, and as a womman fro virgynyte it schal take hym. |
| 3 | It shal feede hym with the breed of lijf, and of vndurstonding; and it schal yyue drynke to hym with watir of heelful wisdom; it schal be maad stidfast in hym, and he schal not be bowid. |
| 4 | And it schal holde hym, and he schal not be schent; and it schal enhaunse hym at his neiyboris. |
| 5 | And in the myddis of the chirche he schal opene his mouth; and God schal fille hym with the spirit of wisdom, and of vndurstonding, and schal clothe hym with the stoole of glorie. |
| 6 | God schal tresore on hym myrthe, and ful out ioiyng; and schal enherite hym with euerlastynge name. |
| 7 | Fonned men schulen not take that wisdom, and witti men schulen meete it. Fonned men schulen not se it; for whi it goith awey fer fro pride, and gile. |
| 8 | Men leesyngmongeris schulen not be myndful therof, and sothefast men ben foundun ther ynne; and schulen haue prosperite `til to the biholding of God. |
| 9 | Preisyng is not fair in the mouth of a synnere, for he is not sent of the Lord. |
| 10 | For whi wisdom yede forth fro God; forsothe heriyng schal stonde nyy the wisdom of God, and it schal be plenteuouse in a feithful mouth, and the Lord schal yyue it to him. |
| 11 | Seie thou not, It goith awei bi God; for whi do thou not tho thingis, whiche God hatith. |
| 12 | Seie thou not, He made me for to erre; for whi wickid men ben not nedeful to hym. |
| 13 | The Lord hatith al cursidnesse of errour, and it schal not be amyable to hem, that dreden hym. |
| 14 | At the bigynnyng God made man, and lefte him in the hond of his councel. |
| 15 | He addide hise comaundementis, and lawis; |
| 16 | if thou wolt kepe the comaundementis, tho schulen kepe thee, and kepe plesaunt feith with outen ende. |
| 17 | He hath set to thee watir and fier; dresse thin hond to that, that thou wolt. |
| 18 | Bifor man is lijf and deth, good and yuel; that, that plesith hym, schal be youun to hym. |
| 19 | For whi the wisdom of God is myche, and he is strong in power, and seeth alle men without ceessing. |
| 20 | The iyen of the Lord ben to hem, that dreden hym; and he knowith al the trauel of man. |
| 21 | He comaundide not to ony man to do wickidli; and he yaf not to ony man space to do synne. |
| 22 | For he coueytith not the multitude of sones vnfeithful and vnprofitable. |