Commit your works to the Lord, And your plans will be established. | Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. |
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice. |
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The mind of a person plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. | A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. |
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
One who pays attention to the word will find good, And blessed is one who trusts in the Lord. | He who heeds the word wisely will find good, And whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he. |
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. |
A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. | A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. |
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city. | He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. |