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¹ Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, `and hidist myn heestis anentis thee;² that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.³ For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;⁴ if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;⁵ thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.⁶ For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.⁷ He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli.⁸ And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men.⁹ Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riytfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good path.

¹⁰ If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng plesith thi soule,¹¹ good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie,¹² and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis.¹³ Whiche forsaken a riytful weie, and goen bi derk weies;¹⁴ whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis;¹⁵ whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame.¹⁶ That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis;¹⁷ and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage,¹⁸ and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.¹⁹ Alle that entren to hir, schulen not turne ayen, nether schulen catche the pathis of lijf.²⁰ That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men.²¹ Forsothe thei that ben riytful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne.²² But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it.