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Sirach 20

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1 19:28 Ther is fals repreuyng in the ire of a man ful of dispisyng; and ther is dom which is not preued to be good; and ther is a stille man, and he is prudent.
2 20:1 It is ful good to repreue, more than to be wrooth, and to forbede not a man knoulechyng in preiere.
3 20:2 The coueitise of a geldyng hath defoulid the maidynhed of a yong womman,
4 20:3 so he that makith wickid dom bi violence.
4a It is ful good, that a man `that is repreued schewe opynli penaunce; for so thou schalt ascape wilful synne.
5 Ther is a stil man, which is foundun wijs; and he is hateful, which is fool hardi to speke.
6 Sotheli ther is a stille man, not hauynge wit of speche; and ther is a stille man, knowynge the sesoun of couenable tyme.
7 A wijs man schal be stille til to tyme; but a ioli man and vnprudent man schulen not kepe tyme.
8 He that vsith many wordis, hirtith his soule; and he that takith power to hym silf vniustli, schal be hatid.
9 Ther is goyng forth in yuels to a man vnlernyd; and ther is fyndyng in to peiryng.
10 Ther is a yifte, which is not profitable; and ther is a yifte, whos yeldyng is double.
11 Ther is makyng lesse for glorie; and ther is a man, which schal reise the heed fro mekenesse.
12 Ther is a man, that ayen bieth many synnes for litil prijs, and restorith tho in seuenfold.
13 A wijs man in wordis makith hym silf amyable; but the graces of foolis schulen be sched out.
14 The yifte of an vnwijs man schal not be profitable to thee; for hise iyen ben seuenfold.
14a 20:15 He schal yyue litle thingis, and he schal vpbreide many thingis; and the openyng of his mouth is enflawming.
15 20:16 To dai a man leeneth, and to morewe he axith; and siche a man is hateful.
16 20:17 A frend schal not be to a fool, and grace schal not be to hise goodis.
17 20:18 For thei that eten his breed, ben of fals tunge; hou ofte and hou many men schulen scorne hym?
17a 20:19 For he departith not bi euene wit that, that was worthi to be had; in lijk maner and that, that was not worthi to be had.
18 20:20 The falling of a fals tunge is as he that fallith in the pawment; so the fallis of yuele men schulen come hastili.
19 20:21 A man with out grace is as a veyn fable; and it schal be customable in the mouth of vnlerned men.
20 20:22 A parable schal be repreued of the mouth of a fool; for he seith not it in his tyme. Ther is a man, that is forbodun to do synne, for pouert; and he schal be prickid in his reste.
21 20:23 Ther is a man, that schal leese his soule for schame; and for the vnprudence of a persoone he schal leese it.
22 20:24 Forsothe he schal leese hym silf for the takyng of a persoone.
23 20:25 Ther is a man, that for schame biheetith to a frend; and he hath gete hym enemy with out cause.
24 20:26 Leesyng is a wickid schenschip in a man; and it schal be customabli in the mouth of vnlerned men.
25 20:27 Betere is a theef than the customablenesse of a man, a leesyngmongere; forsothe bothe thei schulen enherite perdicioun.
26 20:28 The maneres of men leesyngmongeris ben with outen onour; and her schenschype is with hem with out ceessyng.
27 20:29 A wijs man in wordis schal brynge forth hym silf; and a prudent man schal pleese grete men.
28 20:30 He that worchith his lond, shal make hiy the heep of fruytis; and he that worchith riytfulnesse, schal be enhaunsid. Sotheli he that plesith grete men, schal ascape wickidnesse.
29 20:31 Presentis and yiftis blynden the iyen of iugis; and as doumb in the mouth it turneth awei the chastisyngis of hem.
30 20:32 Wisdom hid, and tresour vnseyn, what profit is in euer eithir?
31 20:33 He is betere, that hidith his vnwisdom, than a man that hidith his wisdom.
32 21:1 Sone, thou hast do synne? adde thou not eft; but biseche thou for the formere synnes, that tho be foryouun to thee.