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Sirach 27

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1 27:3 Trespas schal be al to-brokun with hym that trespassith.
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3 27:4 If thou holdist not thee diligentli in the drede of the Lord, thin hous schal soone be turned vpsedoun.
4 27:5 As dust schal dwelle in the hoolis of a riddil, so the angwisch of a man schal dwelle in the thouyt of hym.
5 27:6 A furneis preueth the vessels of a pottere; and the temptacioun of tribulacioun preueth iust men.
6 27:7 As cherliche trauel aboute a tree schewith the fruyt therof, so a word of thouyt schewith the herte of man.
7 27:8 Preise thou not a man bifore a word; for whi this is the temptacioun of men.
8 27:9 If thou suest riytfulnesse, thou schalt take it; thou schalt clothe it as a long cloth of onour, and thou schalt dwelle with it, and it schal defende thee with outen ende, and in the dai of knowing thou shalt fynde stidfastnesse.
9 27:10 Volatilis comen togidere to briddis lijk hem silf; and treuthe schal turne ayen to hem that worchen it.
10 27:11 A lioun settith aspies euere to huntyng; so synnes to hem that worchen wickidnesse.
11 27:12 An hooly man dwellith in wisdom, as the sunne dwellith stabli; for whi a fool is chaungid as the moone.
12 27:13 In the myddis of vnwise men kepe thou a word to tyme; but be thou bisi in the myddis of hem that thenken the lawe of God.
13 27:14 The tellyng of synneris is hateful; and the leiyyng of hem is in the trespassis of synne.
14 27:15 Speche sweringe myche schal make stondyng up of heeris, for astonying, to the heed; and vnreuerence therof is stoppyng of eeris.
15 27:16 The schedyng out of blood is in the chidyng of proude men; and the cursyng of hem is greuouse heryng.
16 27:17 He that schewith opynli the priuytees of a frend, leesith feithfulnesse; and he schal not fynde a frend to his soule.
16a 27:18 Loue thou a neiybore, and be thou ioyned with hym in feith.
17 27:19 For if thou schewist opynli the priuytees of hym, thou schalt not perfitli sue aftir hym.
18 27:20 For as a man that leesith his frend, so he that leesith the frenschipe of his neiybore.
19 27:21 And as a man that latith go a brid fro his hond, so thou that hast forsake thi neiybore, and thou schalt not take hym.
20 27:22 Thou schalt not sue hym, for he is fer absent; for he ascapid as a capret fro a snare, for the soule of hym is woundid.
21 27:23 Thou schalt no more mow bynde hym togidere; but of yuel seiyng is acordyng.
21a 27:24 Sotheli to schewe opynli the pryuytees of a frend, is dispeir of a soule vnblessid.
22 27:25 In twei thingis myn herte was maad sori, and in the thridde thing wrathfulnesse cam to me.
23 27:26 A man a werriour failynge bi nedynesse, and a wijs man dispisid.
24 27:27 And God hath maad hym redi to the swerd, that passith ouer fro riytfulnesse to synne.
25 27:28 Twei spices apperiden harde and perilouse to me; a marchaunt is delyuered of hard fro his necgligence, and a tauerner schal not be iustified of synnes of lippis.
26 27:29 And he that diggith a diche, schal falle in to it; and he that settith a stoon to a neiybore, schal offende therynne; and he that settith a snare to a nother man, schal perische ther ynne.
27 27:30 If a man makith worst councel, it schal be turned on hym; and he schal not knowe fro whennus it schal come to him.
28 27:31 The scornyng and dispisyng of proude men and veniaunce schal sette a spie to hym, as a lioun doith.
29 27:32 Thei that deliten in the fal of iust men, schulen perische bi a snare; forsothe sorewe schal waste hem, bifore that thei dien.
30 27:33 Ire and woodnesse, euer either ben abhomynable; and a synful man schal holde tho.