Bible in Basic English
"When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge."
— Proverbs 21:11, Bible in Basic English
“When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.”
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.
The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.