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Proverbs - Chapter: 22


22:1	A Good name is more worth then greate rychesse, and louinge fauoure is better then siluer and golde.
22:2	The ryche and poore are together: the Lorde is the maker of them all.
22:3	A wyse man seeth the plage, and hydeth hym selfe: but the folysh go on styll and are punysshed.
22:4	The ende of lowlynes and the feare of God is ryches, honoure, prosperite, and health.
22:5	Thornes and snares are in the waye of the frowarde: but he that doeth kepe hys soule, wyll fle from soche.
22:6	Teache a chylde in hys youth what waye he shulde go: for he shall not leaue it, when he is olde.
22:7	The ryche ruleth the poore: & the borower is seruaunt to the lender.
22:8	He that soweth wyckednesse shall reape sorowe: and the rodde of hys crueltye shall peryshe.
22:9	He that hath a louynge eye shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his breed vnto the poore.
22:10	Cast out the scornefull man, and so shall stryfe go out wt hym: yee, variaunce & sclaunder shall cease.
22:11	Whoso delyteth to be of a cleane herte and of gracyous lyppes, the kynge shall be his frende.
22:12	The eyes of the Lorde preserue knowledge, but as for the wordes of the despytefull, he bringeth them to naught.
22:13	The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyon without, I myght be slayn in the strete.
22:14	The mouth of an harlot is a depe pyt, wherin he falleth that the Lorde is angrie wyth all.
22:15	Folyshnes stycketh in the herte of the lad, & the rodd of correccion shall dryue it awaye.
22:16	Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his awne riches, & geueth vnto the riche to please him, at the last commeth to pouerte him selfe.
22:17	My sonne, bowe downe thyne eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysedome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne:
22:18	for thou shalt be excellent yf thou kepe it in thine herte, & practise it in thy mouth:
22:19	that thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde. I haue shewed the this daye the thynge the thou knowest.
22:20	Haue not I warned the very oft with councel & learnyng?
22:21	that I might shew the the truth, and that thou with the verite myghtest answere them that sende vnto the?
22:22	Se that thou robbe not the poore, because he is weake, & oppresse not the simple in iudgment:
22:23	for the Lord him selfe will defende their cause, & do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.
22:24	Make no frendshype wt an angrye wilfull man, & kepe no company wt the furious:
22:25	lest thou learne his wayes, & receaue hurte in thy soule.
22:26	Be not thou one of them that bynde theyr hande vpon promyse, & are suertie for wayghty causes:
22:27	for yf thou hast nothyng to paye, they shall take awaye thy bed from vnder the.
22:28	Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke, which thy fore elders haue sett.
22:29	Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in theyr busynes, stande before kynges and not amonge the symple people?


22:1	Betere is a good name, than many richessis; for good grace is aboue siluer and gold.
22:2	A riche man and a pore man metten hem silf; the Lord is worchere of euer eithir.
22:3	A felle man seeth yuel, and hidith him silf; and an innocent man passid, and he was turmentid bi harm.
22:4	The ende of temperaunce is the drede of the Lord; richessis, and glorye, and lijf.
22:5	Armuris and swerdis ben in the weie of a weiward man; but the kepere of his soule goith awey fer fro tho.
22:6	It is a prouerbe, A yong wexynge man bisidis his weie, and whanne he hath wexe elde, he schal not go awei fro it.
22:7	A riche man comaundith to pore men; and he that takith borewyng, is the seruaunt of the leenere.
22:8	He that sowith wickidnes, schal repe yuels; and the yerde of his yre schal be endid.
22:9	He that is redi to merci, schal be blessid; for of his looues he yaf to a pore man. He that yyueth yiftis, schal gete victorie and onour; forsothe he takith awei the soule of the takeris.
22:10	Caste thou out a scornere, and strijf schal go out with hym; and causis and dispisyngis schulen ceesse.
22:11	He that loueth the clennesse of herte, schal haue the kyng a freend, for the grace of hise lippis.
22:12	The iyen of the Lord kepen kunnyng; and the wordis of a wickid man ben disseyued.
22:13	A slow man schal seie, A lioun is withoutforth; Y schal be slayn in the myddis of the stretis.
22:14	The mouth of an alien womman is a deep diche; he to whom the Lord is wrooth, schal falle in to it.
22:15	Foli is boundun togidere in the herte of a child; and a yerde of chastisyng schal dryue it awey.
22:16	He that falsli chalengith a pore man, to encreesse hise owne richessis, schal yyue to a richere man, and schal be nedi.
22:17	My sone, bowe doun thin eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men; but sette thou the herte to my techyng.
22:18	That schal be fair to thee, whanne thou hast kept it in thin herte, and it schal flowe ayen in thi lippis.
22:19	That thi trist be in the Lord; wherfor and Y haue schewid it to thee to dai.
22:20	Lo! Y haue discryued it in thre maneres, in thouytis and kunnyng,
22:21	that Y schulde schewe to thee the sadnesse and spechis of trewthe; to answere of these thingis to hem, that senten thee.
22:22	Do thou not violence to a pore man, for he is pore; nethir defoule thou a nedi man in the yate.
22:23	For the Lord schal deme his cause, and he schal turmente hem, that turmentiden his soule.
22:24	Nyle thou be freend to a wrathful man, nether go thou with a wood man;
22:25	lest perauenture thou lerne hise weies, and take sclaundir to thi soule.
22:26	Nyle thou be with hem that oblischen her hondis, and that proferen hem silf borewis for dettis; for if he hath not wherof he schal restore,
22:27	what of cause is, that thou take awei hilyng fro thi bed?
22:28	Go thou not ouer the elde markis, whiche thi faders han set.
22:29	Thou hast seyn a man smert in his werk; he schal stonde bifore kyngis, and he schal not be bifor vnnoble men.


22:1	A good name is more worth then greate riches, and louynge fauor is better then syluer and golde.
22:2	Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs, it commeth all of God.
22:3	A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth himself, but the foolish go on still and are punyshed.
22:4	The ende of lowlynes & the feare of God, is riches, honor, prosperite and health.
22:5	Speares and snares are in ye waye of the frowarde, but he yt wil kepe his soule, let him fle fro soch.
22:6	Yf thou teachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not leaue it when he is olde.
22:7	The rich ruleth the poore, and ye borower is seruaunt to ye lender.
22:8	He yt soweth wickednesse, shal reape sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye him.
22:9	A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.
22:10	Cast out ye scornefull man, and so shal strife go out wt him, yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease.
22:11	Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.
22:12	The eyes of ye LORDE preserue knowlege, but as for ye wordes of ye despyteful, he bryngeth them to naught.
22:13	The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.
22:14	The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt, wherin he falleth that ye LORDE is angrie withall.
22:15	Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of ye lad, but ye rod of correccion driueth it awaye.
22:16	Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.
22:17	My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:
22:18	for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth:
22:19	that thou mayest allwaye put yi trust in the LORDE.
22:20	Haue not I warned ye very oft with councell and lerninge?
22:21	yt I might shewe ye the treuth and that thou wt the verite mightest answere them yt laye eny thinge against ye?
22:22	Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment:
22:23	for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.
22:24	Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull man, and kepe no company wt ye furious:
22:25	lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.
22:26	Be not thou one of them yt bynde ther hande vpo promyse, and are suertie for dett:
22:27	for yf thou hast nothinge to paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the.
22:28	Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke, which thy fore elders haue sett.
22:29	Seist thou not, yt they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges, and not amonge the symple people?

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