Bible in Basic English
"A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends."
— Proverbs 16:28, Bible in Basic English
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.