Bible in Basic English
"Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers."
— Proverbs 25:26, Bible in Basic English
“Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. ”
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.
Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.
It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.