Bible in Basic English
"Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:"
— Proverbs 25:9, Bible in Basic English
Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.