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| Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor. | Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor. |
| The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. | Because in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. |
| Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor. | A person’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor. |
| A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. |
| A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. | A prudent person sees evil and hides himself; But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty. |
| Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise. | A fool rejects his father’s discipline, But he who complies with rebuke is sensible. |
| All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer. | They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. |
| At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. | Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings. |
| Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. | Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
| An honest witness does not lie; a false witness breathes lies. | A trustworthy witness will not lie, But a false witness declares lies. |
| Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. | But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. |
| A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. | And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. |
| Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time. | Wealth obtained from nothing dwindles, But one who gathers by labor increases it. |
| John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. | Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare. | A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. |
| He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though he is surrounded by light. | It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him. |
| In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. | Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. |
| As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. | As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another. |
| You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way. | You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish on you. |
| Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. | Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
| People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness. | One who is slow to anger has great understanding; But one who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness. |
| When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. | Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
| Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold. | A good name is to be more desired than great wealth; Favor is better than silver and gold. |
| All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed. | I did not eat any tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed. |
| As for you, Titus, promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching. | But as for you, proclaim the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. |
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