Bible in Basic English
"The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright."
— Proverbs 21:18, Bible in Basic English
“The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.”
“The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright. ”
“The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.”
“The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.”
“The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.”
“The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.”
It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.
The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.