Sirach 28
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| v | Wycliffe1395 |
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| 1 | He that wole be vengid, schal fynde of the Lord veniaunce; and he kepynge schal kepe hise synnes. |
| 2 | Foryyue thou to thi neiybore that anoieth thee, and thanne synnes schulen be releessid to thee preiynge. |
| 3 | A man kepith ire to man; and sekith he of God medicyn? |
| 4 | He hath no merci on a man lijk hym silf; and bisechith he the hiyeste for hise owne synnes? |
| 5 | He the while he is fleisch, reserueth ire; and axith he of God merci? who schal preie for hise synnes? |
| 6 | Haue thou mynde on the laste thingis, and ceesse thou to be enemy. |
| 6a | 28:7 For whi failyng and deth neiyen not in the comaundementis of God. |
| 6b | 28:8 Haue thou mynde on the drede of the Lord, and be thou not wrooth to the neiybore. |
| 7 | 28:9 Haue thou mynde on the testament of the hiyeste, and dispise thou the ignoraunce of thi neiybore. |
| 8 | 28:10 Absteyne thee fro strijf, and thou schalt abregge synnes. |
| 9 | 28:11 For whi a wrathful man kyndlith strijf; and a synful man schal disturble frendis, and he schal sende in enemyte in the myddis of men hauynge pees. |
| 10 | 28:12 For whi aftir the trees of the wode, so fier schal brenne an hiy; and after the myyte of a man, so his wrathfulnesse schal be, and aftir his catel he schal enhaunse his ire. |
| 11 | 28:13 Hasti stryuyng schal kyndle fier, and hasti chidyng schal schede out blood; and a tunge berynge witnessing schal brynge deth. |
| 12 | 28:14 If thou blowist, as fier it schal brenne an hiy; and if thou spetist theron, it schal be quenchid; euer either comen forth of the mouth. |
| 13 | 28:15 A preuy bacbiter, and a double tungid man is cursid; for he disturblide many men hauynge pees. |
| 14 | 28:16 The thridde tunge hath stirid many men, and hath scaterid hem fro folc in to folc. |
| 14a | 28:17 It hath distried wallid citees of riche men, and hath myned doun the housis of grete men. |
| 14b | 28:18 It hath kit doun the vertues of puplis, and hath vnknit strong folkis. |
| 15 | 28:19 The thridde tunge hath cast out weddid wymmen, and hath priued hem of her trauelis. |
| 16 | 28:20 He that biholdith the thridde tunge, schal not haue rest; nether schal haue a frend, in whom he schal reste. |
| 17 | 28:21 The wounde of betyng makith wannesse; but the wounde of tunge schal make lesse the boonys. |
| 18 | 28:22 Many men fellen doun bi the scharpnesse of swerd; but not so as thei that perischiden bi her tunge. |
| 19 | 28:23 He is blessid that is kyuerid fro a wickid tunge; and he that passide not in the wrathfulnesse therof, and he that drow not the yok therof, and was not boundun in the bondis therof. |
| 20 | 28:24 For whi the yok therof is an irun yok, and the boond therof is a brasun boond. |
| 21 | 28:25 The deth therof is the worste deth; and helle is more profitable than it. |
| 22 | 28:26 The perseueraunce therof schal not dwelle, but it schal holde the weies of vniust men; in his flawme it schal not brenne iust men. |
| 23 | 28:27 Thei that forsaken God, schulen falle in to it; and it schal brenne greetli in hem, and it schal not be quenchid; and as a lioun it schal be sent in to hem, and as a parde it schal hirte hem. |
| 24 | 28:28 Bisette thin eeris with thornes, and nyle thou here a wickid tunge; and make thou doris to thi mouth, and lockis to thin eeris. |
| 25 | 28:29 Welle thou togidere thi gold, and thi siluer; and make thou a balaunce to thi wordis, and riytful bridels to thi mouth. |
| 26 | 28:30 And take heede, lest perauenture thou slide in tunge, and falle in the siyt of enemyes, settynge tresoun to thee, and thi falle be vncurable in to deth. |