Proverbs 12
1 He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.
He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs.
2 A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouytis, doith wickidli.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued.
4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful.
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.
9 Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.
10 A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel.
11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swete, lyueth in temperaunces; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dispisyngis.
12 A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.
The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse.
13 A wicked man is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the actions of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.
Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be yoldun to him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel.
The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels.
16 A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.
A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs.
17 He who utters truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.
He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riytfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse.
18 There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe.
19 The lips of truth shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng.
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but joy is to the counselors of peace.
Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees.
21 There shall no mischief happen to a righteous man, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel.
22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah, but those who deal truly are his delight.
False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him.
23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis.
25 Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.
Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word.
26 A righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes them to err.
He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem.
27 The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substaunce of man schal be the prijs of gold.
28 Life is in the way of righteousness, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.
