1A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with out ferdfulnesse.

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1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:7, Isaiah 48:10, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3

2For the synnes of the lond ben many princis therof; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng of these thingis that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal be lengere.

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Deuteronomy 8:9, Deuteronomy 8:9, Genesis 4:22, Numbers 31:22, Genesis 4:22

3A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi.

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Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Proverbs 2:4, Job 12:22, Job 10:21

4Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man; thei that kepen `the lawe, ben kyndlid ayens hym.

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5Wickid men thenken not doom; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingis.

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Isaiah 28:25, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 28:25, Isaiah 28:29, Psalms 104:14

6Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies.

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Job 28:16, Exodus 24:10, Job 28:16, Exodus 24:10, Isaiah 54:11

7He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs sone; but he that fedith glotouns, schendith his fadir.

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Job 11:6, Job 11:6, Job 38:19, Job 28:21, Job 28:23

8He that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre encrees, gaderith tho togidere ayens pore men.

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9His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe.

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Nahum 1:4, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:4, Nahum 1:6

10He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, schal falle in his perisching; and iuste men schulen welde hise goodis.

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Proverbs 14:23, Habakkuk 3:9, Proverbs 24:4, Proverbs 14:23, Habakkuk 3:9

11A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but a pore man prudent schal serche him.

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1 Corinthians 4:5, Isaiah 45:2, Isaiah 45:3, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Isaiah 45:2

12In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngis of men ben.

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Job 28:20, James 1:5, Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 2:6, Job 28:20

13He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci.

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Psalms 119:72, Job 28:21, Job 28:22, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 8:19

14Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.

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Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34, Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34

15A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.

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Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 3:13

16A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresse many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe.

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Isaiah 13:12, Ezekiel 28:13, Psalms 45:9, Isaiah 13:12, Ezekiel 28:13

17No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake.

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Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 21:11, Proverbs 16:16, Ezekiel 1:22

18He that goith simpli, schal be saaf; he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onys.

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Proverbs 3:15, Proverbs 3:15, Ezekiel 27:16, Proverbs 31:10, Lamentations 4:7

19He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse.

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Exodus 39:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Proverbs 8:19, Exodus 28:17, Exodus 39:10

20A feithful man schal be preisid myche; but he that hastith to be maad riche, schal not be innocent.

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James 1:5, Job 28:12, James 1:5, Job 28:12, Job 28:28

21He that knowith a face in doom, doith not wel; this man forsakith treuthe, yhe, for a mussel of breed.

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Psalms 49:3, Psalms 49:4, 1 Corinthians 2:7, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Matthew 11:25

22A man that hastith to be maad riche, and hath enuye to othere men; woot not that nedinesse schal come on hym.

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Job 26:6, Psalms 83:10, Psalms 83:12, Job 26:6, Psalms 83:10

23He that repreueth a man, schal fynde grace aftirward at hym; more than he that disseyueth bi flateryngis of tunge.

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Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:31, Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:31, 1 Corinthians 1:30

24He that withdrawith ony thing fro his fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, is parcener of a manquellere.

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Proverbs 15:3, Proverbs 15:3, Zechariah 4:10, Zechariah 4:10, 2 Chronicles 16:9

25He that auauntith hym silf, and alargith, reisith stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd.

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Psalms 135:7, Psalms 135:7, Isaiah 40:12, Isaiah 40:12, Job 12:15

26He that tristith in his herte, is a fool; but he that goith wiseli,

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Job 38:25, Job 38:25, Job 37:3, Job 37:3, Zechariah 10:1

27schal be preysid. He that yyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore man bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse.

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Psalms 19:1, Psalms 19:1, Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:29, Proverbs 8:22

28Whanne vnpitouse men risen, men schulen be hid; whanne tho `vnpitouse men han perischid, iust men schulen be multiplied.

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Psalms 111:10, Psalms 111:10, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10