9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
1He that wole be vengid, schal fynde of the Lord veniaunce; and he kepynge schal kepe hise synnes.
2Foryyue thou to thi neiybore that anoieth thee, and thanne synnes schulen be releessid to thee preiynge.
3A man kepith ire to man; and sekith he of God medicyn?
4He hath no merci on a man lijk hym silf; and bisechith he the hiyeste for hise owne synnes?
5He the while he is fleisch, reserueth ire; and axith he of God merci? who schal preie for hise synnes?
6Haue thou mynde on the laste thingis, and ceesse thou to be enemy.
7For whi failyng and deth neiyen not in the comaundementis of God.
8Haue thou mynde on the drede of the Lord, and be thou not wrooth to the neiybore.
9Haue thou mynde on the testament of the hiyeste, and dispise thou the ignoraunce of thi neiybore.
10Absteyne thee fro strijf, and thou schalt abregge synnes.
11For whi a wrathful man kyndlith strijf; and a synful man schal disturble frendis, and he schal sende in enemyte in the myddis of men hauynge pees.
12For whi aftir the trees of the wode, so fier schal brenne an hiy; and after the myyte of a man, so his wrathfulnesse schal be, and aftir his catel he schal enhaunse his ire.
13Hasti stryuyng schal kyndle fier, and hasti chidyng schal schede out blood; and a tunge berynge witnessing schal brynge deth.
14If thou blowist, as fier it schal brenne an hiy; and if thou spetist theron, it schal be quenchid; euer either comen forth of the mouth.
15A preuy bacbiter, and a double tungid man is cursid; for he disturblide many men hauynge pees.
16The thridde tunge hath stirid many men, and hath scaterid hem fro folc in to folc.
17It hath distried wallid citees of riche men, and hath myned doun the housis of grete men.
18It hath kit doun the vertues of puplis, and hath vnknit strong folkis.
19The thridde tunge hath cast out weddid wymmen, and hath priued hem of her trauelis.
20He that biholdith the thridde tunge, schal not haue rest; nether schal haue a frend, in whom he schal reste.
21The wounde of betyng makith wannesse; but the wounde of tunge schal make lesse the boonys.
22Many men fellen doun bi the scharpnesse of swerd; but not so as thei that perischiden bi her tunge.
23He is blessid that is kyuerid fro a wickid tunge; and he that passide not in the wrathfulnesse therof, and he that drow not the yok therof, and was not boundun in the bondis therof.
24For whi the yok therof is an irun yok, and the boond therof is a brasun boond.
25The deth therof is the worste deth; and helle is more profitable than it.
26The perseueraunce therof schal not dwelle, but it schal holde the weies of vniust men; in his flawme it schal not brenne iust men.
27Thei that forsaken God, schulen falle in to it; and it schal brenne greetli in hem, and it schal not be quenchid; and as a lioun it schal be sent in to hem, and as a parde it schal hirte hem.
28Bisette thin eeris with thornes, and nyle thou here a wickid tunge; and make thou doris to thi mouth, and lockis to thin eeris.
29Welle thou togidere thi gold, and thi siluer; and make thou a balaunce to thi wordis, and riytful bridels to thi mouth.
30And take heede, lest perauenture thou slide in tunge, and falle in the siyt of enemyes, settynge tresoun to thee, and thi falle be vncurable in to deth.