| The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. | The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. |
| Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. | Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. |
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| As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. | As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
| For we live by faith, not by sight. | For we walk by faith, not by sight. |
| Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. | Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. | Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. |
| What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? | For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? |
| My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
| For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.” | For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
| There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. | For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. |
| Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. | For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me. |
| Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. | Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. |
| Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. | Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. |
| Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. | Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” | Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” |
| Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. | Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! |
| Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. | Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. |
| Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. | Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
| For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. | If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. |
| Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. | Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ |
| Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. | Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. |
| Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. | Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray. |
| I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. | I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
| Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. | Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. |
| Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. | Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. |
