Proverbs 17
1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren.
3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis.
5 He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid.
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.
The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince.
8 A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: wherever it turneth, it prospereth.
A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that helith trespas, sekith frenschipis; he that rehersith bi an hiy word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
13 Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.
He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom.
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God.
16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
What profitith it to a fool to haue richessis, sithen he mai not bie wisdom? He that makith his hous hiy, sekith falling; and he that eschewith to lerne, schal falle in to yuels.
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiyt for his frend.
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng.
20 He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool.
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
23 A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Wisdom schyneth in the face of a prudent man; the iyen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid a wijs man; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, he `schal be gessid an vndurstondynge man.
