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[1] A wijs womman bildith hir hous; and an unwijs womman schal distrie with hondis an hous bildid.
[2] A man goynge in riytful weie, and dredinge God, is dispisid of hym, that goith in a weie of yuel fame.
[3] The yerde of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem.
[4] Where oxis ben not, the cratche is void; but where ful many cornes apperen, there the strengthe of oxe is opyn.
[5] A feithful witnesse schal not lie; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a leesing.
[6] A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teching of prudent men is esy.
[7] Go thou ayens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence.
[8] The wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie; and the vnwarnesse of foolis errith.
[9] A fool scorneth synne; grace schal dwelle among iust men.
[10] The herte that knowith the bittirnesse of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof.
[11] The hous of wickid men schal be don awei; the tabernaclis of iust men schulen buriowne.
[12] Sotheli a weie is, that semeth iust to a man; but the laste thingis therof leden forth to deth.
[13] Leiyyng schal be medlid with sorewe; and morenyng ocupieth the laste thingis of ioye.
[14] A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal be aboue hym.
[15] An innocent man bileueth to eche word; a felle man biholdith hise goyngis.
[16] A wijs man dredith, and bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippith ouer, and tristith.
[17] A man vnpacient schal worche foli; and a gileful man is odiouse.
[18] Litle men of wit schulen holde foli; and felle men schulen abide kunnyng.
[19] Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the yatis of iust men.
[20] A pore man schal be hateful, yhe, to his neiybore; but many men ben frendis of riche men.
[21] He that dispisith his neiybore, doith synne; but he that doith merci to a pore man, schal be blessid. He that bileueth in the Lord, loueth merci;
[22] thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi goodis;
[23] abundaunce `schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte.
[24] The coroun of wise men is the richessis of hem; the fooli of foolis is vnwarnesse.
[25] A feithful witnesse delyuereth soulis; and a fals man bringith forth leesyngis.
[26] In the drede of the Lord is triste of strengthe; and hope schal be to the sones of it.
[27] The drede of the Lord is a welle of lijf; that it bowe awei fro the fallyng of deth.
[28] The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of a prince is in the fewnesse of puple.
[29] He that is pacient, is gouerned bi myche wisdom; but he that is vnpacient, enhaunsith his foli.
[30] Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischis; enuye is rot of boonys.
[31] He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith that makere.
[32] A wickid man is put out for his malice; but a iust man hopith in his deth.
[33] Wisdom restith in the herte of a wijs man; and he schal teche alle vnlerned men.
[34] Riytfulnesse reisith a folc; synne makith puplis wretchis.
[35] A mynystre vndurstondynge is acceptable to a kyng; a mynystre vnprofitable schal suffre the wrathfulnesse of him.
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