1Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth.

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Numbers 24:15, Job 29:1, Numbers 23:7, Numbers 24:15, Job 29:1

2Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee.

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Job 34:5, Job 34:5, 2 Kings 4:27, Numbers 14:21, 2 Kings 4:27

3A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir.

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Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Job 33:4, Job 33:4, Isaiah 2:22

4Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?

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Job 13:7, Job 13:7, John 8:55, Job 6:28, Job 34:6

5Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.

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Job 2:9, Job 2:9, Job 13:15, Job 13:15, Job 29:14

6Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith.

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Job 2:3, Job 2:3, 1 John 3:20, 1 John 3:21, Acts 24:16

7A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete.

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Daniel 4:19, Daniel 4:19, 2 Samuel 18:32, 1 Samuel 25:26, 2 Samuel 18:32

8As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.

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Matthew 16:26, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:21, Job 8:13

9The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend.

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Jeremiah 14:12, Isaiah 1:15, Proverbs 1:28, Jeremiah 14:12, Isaiah 1:15

10Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer.

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Psalms 37:4, Job 22:26, Job 22:27, Psalms 37:4, Job 22:26

11Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere.

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Psalms 71:17, Job 4:3, Job 4:4, Isaiah 8:11, Psalms 71:17

12A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes.

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Job 26:2, Job 26:4, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Job 21:28

13Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man.

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Isaiah 3:11, Job 20:19, Job 20:29, Isaiah 3:11, Job 20:19

14He that blessith his neiybore with greet vois; and risith bi niyt, schal be lijk hym that cursith.

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Deuteronomy 28:41, Deuteronomy 28:41, Job 20:10, Luke 23:29, Job 20:10

15Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisond.

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Psalms 78:64, Psalms 78:64, Jeremiah 22:18, 1 Kings 21:21, 1 Kings 21:24

16He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond.

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Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:3, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:19, Job 22:24

17Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend.

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Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 28:8, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Proverbs 28:8

18He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified.

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Job 8:14, Job 8:15, Isaiah 1:8, Job 8:14, Job 8:15

19As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men.

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Job 24:24, Job 24:24, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 73:19

20Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid.

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Job 15:21, Job 15:21, Job 18:11, Job 18:11, Psalms 69:14

21As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng.

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Psalms 11:6, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 83:15, Psalms 83:15, Psalms 58:9

22Thouy thou beetist a fool in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him.

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2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:5, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:5, Job 20:24

23Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beeste; and biholde thou thi flockis.

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Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:15, 1 Kings 9:8, Zephaniah 2:15, 1 Kings 9:8

24For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun.

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25Medewis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis.

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26Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be to the prijs of feeld.

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27The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.

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