Bible in Basic English
"The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction."
— Proverbs 21:12, Bible in Basic English
“The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.”
“The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin. ”
“The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.”
“The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.”
“The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.”
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.
It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.