Bible in Basic English
"My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways."
— Proverbs 23:26, Bible in Basic English
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?