Proverbs 3

1Mi sone, foryete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis. 2For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees. 3Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte. 4And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men. 5Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence. 6In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis. 7Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel. 8For whi helthe schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys. 9Onoure thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis yyue thou to pore men; 10and thi bernes schulen be fillid with abundaunce, and pressours schulen flowe with wiyn. 11My sone, caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord; and faile thou not, whanne thou art chastisid of him. 12For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym. 13Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence. 14The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste. 15It is preciousere than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this. 16Lengthe of daies is in the riythalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof. 17The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible. 18It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid. 19The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence. 20The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe. 21My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel; 22and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis. 23Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie; and thi foot schal not snapere. 24If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft. 25Drede thou not bi sudeyne feer, and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee. 26For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun. 27Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai; if thou maist, and do thou wel. 28Seie thou not to thi frend, Go, and turne thou ayen, and to morewe Y schal yyue to thee; whanne thou maist yyue anoon. 29Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee. 30Stryue thou not ayens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee. 31Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies. 32For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men. 33Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessid. 34He schal scorne scorneris; and he schal yyue grace to mylde men. 35Wise men schulen haue glorie; enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe.