1The wordis of hym that gaderith, of the sone spuynge. The prophesie which a man spak, with whom God was, and which man was coumfortid bi God dwellyng with hym,

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Job 12:4, Job 12:4, Luke 23:35, Psalms 69:12, Psalms 35:15

2and seide, Y am the moost fool of men; and the wisdom of men is not with me.

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3Y lernede not wisdom; and Y knew not the kunnyng of hooli men.

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Job 24:5, Job 24:5, Hebrews 11:38, Job 24:13, Job 24:16

4Who stiede in to heuene, and cam doun? Who helde togidere the spirit in hise hondis? who bonde togidere watris as in a cloth? Who reiside alle the endis of erthe? What is name of hym? and what is the name of his sone, if thou knowist?

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Luke 15:16, Luke 15:16, Amos 7:14, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 4:39

5Ech word of God is a scheld set a fiere, to alle that hopen in hym.

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Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:25, Psalms 109:10, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14

6Adde thou not ony thing to the wordis of hym, and thou be repreued, and be foundun a liere.

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Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 22:1, 1 Samuel 22:2, Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 22:1

7I preiede thee twei thingis; denye not thou to me, bifor that Y die.

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Job 6:5, Job 11:12, Genesis 16:12, Job 6:5, Job 11:12

8Make thou fer fro me vanyte and wordis of leesyng; yyue thou not to me beggery and richessis; yyue thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode;

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Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 1:22, Jeremiah 7:18, Proverbs 1:7

9lest perauenture Y be fillid, and be drawun to denye, and seie, Who is the Lord? and lest Y compellid bi nedynesse, stele, and forswere the name of my God.

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Job 17:6, Lamentations 3:63, Job 17:6, Lamentations 3:63, Lamentations 3:14

10Accuse thou not a seruaunt to his lord, lest perauenture he curse thee, and thou falle doun.

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Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 26:67, Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 26:67, Psalms 88:8

11A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and that blessith not his modir.

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Job 12:21, Job 12:18, Job 12:21, Job 12:18, James 1:26

12A generacioun that semeth cleene to it silf, and netheles is not waischun fro hise filthis.

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Job 19:12, Job 19:12, Job 19:18, Psalms 140:4, Psalms 140:5

13A generacioun whose iyen ben hiy, and the iye liddis therof ben reisid in to hiy thingis.

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Zechariah 1:15, Psalms 69:26, Isaiah 3:12, Zechariah 1:15, Psalms 69:26

14A generacioun that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank teeth; that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men.

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Job 22:16, Psalms 18:4, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Psalms 69:14

15The watir leche hath twei douytris, seiynge, Brynge, bringe. Thre thingis ben vnable to be fillid, and the fourthe, that seith neuere, It suffisith;

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Hosea 13:3, Hosea 13:3, Job 6:4, Isaiah 44:22, Job 6:4

16helle, and the mouth of the wombe, and the erthe which is neuere fillid with water; but fier seith neuere, It suffisith.

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Psalms 22:14, Psalms 42:4, Psalms 22:14, Psalms 42:4, Isaiah 53:12

17Crowis of the stronde picke out thilke iye, that scorneth the fadir, and that dispisith the child beryng of his modir; and the briddis of an egle ete that iye.

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Psalms 6:2, Psalms 6:6, Job 33:19, Job 33:21, Isaiah 38:13

18Thre thingis ben hard to me, and outirli Y knowe not the fourthe thing;

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Job 2:7, Job 2:7, Job 7:5, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 1:6

19the weye of an egle in heuene, the weie of a serpent on a stoon, the weie of a schip in the myddil of the see, and the weie of a man in yong wexynge age.

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Job 42:6, Genesis 18:27, Job 9:31, Job 42:6, Genesis 18:27

20Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, which etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouyte not yuel.

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Job 19:7, Job 19:7, Job 27:9, Lamentations 3:8, Psalms 80:4

21The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, and the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne;

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Job 10:14, Job 10:17, Job 10:14, Job 10:17, Job 16:9

22bi a seruaunt, whanne he regneth; bi a fool, whanne he is fillid with mete;

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Job 27:21, Job 27:21, Psalms 104:3, Job 9:17, Psalms 18:10

23bi an hateful womman, whanne sche is takun in matrymonye; and bi an handmaide, whanne sche is eir of hir ladi.

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Ecclesiastes 12:5, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Ecclesiastes 9:5

24Foure ben the leeste thingis of erthe, and tho ben wisere than wise men;

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Matthew 27:39, Matthew 27:44, Job 19:7, Psalms 35:25, Judges 5:31

25amtis, a feble puple, that maken redi mete in heruest to hem silf;

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Romans 12:15, Romans 12:15, Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 35:13

26a hare, a puple vnmyyti, that settith his bed in a stoon;

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Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 14:19, Jeremiah 14:19, Job 3:25

27a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes; an euete enforsith with hondis,

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Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:11, Psalms 22:4, Lamentations 1:20, Jeremiah 31:20

28and dwellith in the housis of kingis.

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Psalms 43:2, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 38:6

29Thre thingis ben, that goon wel, and the fourthe thing, that goith richeli.

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Micah 1:8, Micah 1:8, Psalms 102:6, Psalms 102:6, Job 17:14

30A lioun, strongeste of beestis, schal not drede at the meetyng of ony man;

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Lamentations 4:8, Lamentations 4:8, Psalms 102:3, Psalms 102:3, Psalms 119:83

31a cok gird the leendis, and a ram, and noon is that schal ayenstonde him.

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Lamentations 5:15, Lamentations 5:15, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 21:4, Daniel 6:18

32He that apperith a fool, aftir that he is reisid an hiy; for if he hadde vndurstonde, he hadde sett hond on his mouth.

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33Forsothe he that thristith strongli teetis, to drawe out mylk, thristith out botere; and he that smytith greetli, drawith out blood; and he that stirith iris, bringith forth discordis.

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