Bible in Basic English
"So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge."
— Proverbs 5:2, Bible in Basic English
“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
“That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. ”
“that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.”
“in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.”
“That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.”
“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;