1The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel;

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James 5:11, James 5:11, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:20

2to kunne wisdom and kunnyng;

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Job 42:13, Job 42:13, Psalms 127:3, Psalms 127:5, Psalms 127:3

3to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte;

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Job 29:25, Job 29:25, Job 42:12, Judges 6:3, Job 42:12

4that felnesse be youun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to a yong wexynge man.

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Hebrews 13:1, Hebrews 13:1, Psalms 133:1, Psalms 133:1

5A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails.

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Job 42:8, Job 42:8, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 8:20, Job 8:4

6He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.

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Job 2:1, Job 2:1, Job 38:7, Job 38:7, Revelation 12:9

7The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching.

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1 Peter 5:8, 1 Peter 5:8, Job 2:2, Job 2:2, Matthew 12:43

8My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;

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Job 2:3, Job 2:3, Job 1:1, Job 1:1, Numbers 12:7

9that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.

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Matthew 16:26, Matthew 16:26, Job 1:21, 1 Timothy 6:6, Job 21:14

10Mi sone, if synneris flateren thee, assente thou not to hem.

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Psalms 34:7, Psalms 34:7, Zechariah 2:5, Zechariah 2:5, 1 Peter 1:5

11If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause;

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Job 2:5, Job 2:5, Job 19:21, Job 19:21, Revelation 16:11

12swolowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge; and al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al preciouse catel,

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Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, 2 Corinthians 12:7

13we schulen fille oure housis with spuylis; sende thou lot with vs,

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Luke 21:34, Luke 21:34, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20

14o purs be of vs alle;

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Jeremiah 51:31, 1 Samuel 4:17, 2 Samuel 15:13, Jeremiah 51:31, 1 Samuel 4:17

15my sone, go thou not with hem; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem.

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Genesis 10:7, Genesis 10:7, Job 6:19, Job 6:19, Job 1:19

16For the feet of hem rennen to yuel; and thei hasten to schede out blood.

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Genesis 19:24, 2 Kings 1:12, Genesis 19:24, 2 Kings 1:12, Revelation 13:13

17But a net is leid in veyn bifore the iyen of briddis, that han wengis.

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Genesis 11:28, Genesis 11:28, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:6, Genesis 11:31

18Also `thilke wickid disseyueris setten aspies ayens her owne blood; and maken redi fraudis ayens her soulis.

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Job 1:4, Job 1:4, Job 1:13, Job 1:13, Job 16:14

19So the pathis of ech auerouse man rauyschen the soulis of hem that welden.

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Genesis 42:36, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 4:12, Acts 28:4, Ephesians 2:2

20Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois.

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1 Peter 5:6, 1 Peter 5:6, 2 Samuel 12:16, 2 Samuel 12:20, 2 Samuel 12:16

21It crieth ofte in the heed of cumpenyes; in the leeues of yatis of the citee it bringith forth hise wordis,

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Ecclesiastes 5:15, Ecclesiastes 5:15, 1 Timothy 6:7, 1 Timothy 6:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:18

22and seith, Hou long, ye litle men in wit, louen yong childhod, and foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, and vnprudent men schulen hate kunnyng?

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James 1:12, James 1:12, Job 2:10, Job 2:10, 1 Peter 1:7

23Be ye conuertid at my repreuyng; lo, Y schal profre forth to you my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis.

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24For Y clepide, and ye forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon was that bihelde.

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25Ye dispisiden al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis.

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26And Y schal leiye in youre perisching; and Y schal scorne you, whanne that, that ye dreden, cometh to you.

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27Whanne sodeyne wretchidnesse fallith in, and perisching bifallith as tempest; whanne tribulacioun and angwisch cometh on you.

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28Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me.

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29For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord,

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30nether assentiden to my councel, and depraueden al myn amendyng.

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31Therfor thei schulen ete the fruytis of her weie; and thei schulen be fillid with her counseils.

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32The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leese hem.

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33But he that herith me, schal reste with outen drede; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the drede of yuels is takun awei.

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