1 WYC Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, `and hidist myn heestis anentis thee; BSB BSB: My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
2 WYC that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence. BSB BSB: if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3 WYC For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence; BSB BSB: if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4 WYC if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours; BSB BSB: if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5 WYC thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God. BSB BSB: then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 WYC For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth. BSB BSB: For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 WYC He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli. BSB BSB: He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8 WYC And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men. BSB BSB: to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9 WYC Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riytfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good path. BSB BSB: Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10 WYC If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng plesith thi soule, BSB BSB: For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11 WYC good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie, BSB BSB: Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12 WYC and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis. BSB BSB: to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 WYC Whiche forsaken a riytful weie, and goen bi derk weies; BSB BSB: from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 WYC whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis; BSB BSB: from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15 WYC whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame. BSB BSB: whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 WYC That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis; BSB BSB: It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17 WYC and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage, BSB BSB: who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 WYC and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle. BSB BSB: For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 WYC Alle that entren to hir, schulen not turne ayen, nether schulen catche the pathis of lijf. BSB BSB: None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20 WYC That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men. BSB BSB: So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 WYC Forsothe thei that ben riytful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne. BSB BSB: For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 WYC But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it. BSB BSB: but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
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