Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Proverbs 12:4-12 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

4. A helpful wife is a jewelfor her husband,but a shameless wifewill make his bones rot.

5. Good people have kind thoughts,but you should never trustthe advice of someone evil.

6. Bad advice is a deadly trap,but good adviceis like a shield.

7. Once the wicked are defeated,they are gone for ever,but no one who obeys Godwill ever be thrown down.

8. Good sense is worthy of praise,but stupidity is a curse.

9. It's better to be ordinaryand have only one servantthan to think you are somebodyand starve to death.

10. Good people are kindto their animals,but a mean person is cruel.

11. Hard working farmers have morethan enough food;daydreamers are nothing morethan stupid fools.

12. An evil person tries to hidebehind evil;good people are like treeswith deep roots.