Bible Verses about ','
| Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. | Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. |
| You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. | But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. |
| A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. | A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent. |
| Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. | And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. | But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. |
| A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. | For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. |
| Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. | Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. |
| Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. | Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. |
| Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. | As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. |
| Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. | Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. |
| Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. | Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). |
| Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. | Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it. |
| Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler! | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler. |
| To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless. | With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless. |
| I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. | Also that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing, not with their hair braided, or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. |
| Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. | As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. |
| A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. | A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. |
| Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. | May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth. |
| For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. | For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. |
| Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. | Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid. |
| When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. | Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil. |
| For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. | For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. |
| Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. | Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. |
| Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. | Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. |
Bible verse of the day
Where can I go from your Spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.