Bible in Basic English

1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and

1 Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man’s wisdom makes

1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of

1 Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come

1 Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back

1 Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom