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

For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;

For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.

and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.

For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees.

For whi helthe schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys.

For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym.

For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun.

For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men.

For whi and Y was the sone of my fadir, a tendir sone, and oon `gendride bifore my modir.

Holde thou teching, and forsake it not; kepe thou it, for it is thi lijf.

For thei slepen not, `no but thei han do yuele; and sleep is rauyschid fro hem, no but thei han disseyued.

For tho ben lijf to men fyndynge thoo, and heelthe `of al fleisch.

With al keping kepe thin herte, for lijf cometh forth of it.

Bowe thou not to the riytside, nether to the leftside; turne awei thi foot fro yuel. For the Lord knowith the weies that ben at the riytside; but the weies ben weiward, that ben at the leftside. Forsothe he schal make thi goyngis riytful; and thi weies schulen be brouyt forth in pees.

for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;

He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.

Mi sone, if thou hast bihiyt for thi freend; thou hast fastned thin hoond at a straunger.

Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of thi neiybore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend;

For the comaundement of God is a lanterne, and the lawe is liyt, and the blamyng of techyng is the weie of lijf;