| In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. | And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. | Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! |
| So is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. | So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. |
| A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. |
| Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. | With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. |
| Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. |
| A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
| In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. | In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. |
| If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. | If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. |
| Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. | Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. |
| Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
| Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. | Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. |
| For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
| The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. |
| When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless. | If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. | For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. |
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