| Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. |
| A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion. | It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. |
| He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. | The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity. |
| Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance. | For the righteous will never be moved; they will be remembered forever. |
| A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies. | A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. |
| Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. | The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. |
| Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.’ | Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. |
| Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. | Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. |
| Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me. | Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need. |
| Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. | I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. |
| For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. | For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. |
| God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. | God gives the desolate a home to live in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious live in a parched land. |
| One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. | Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. |
| The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. | The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. |
| Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. | Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair, and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing; rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight. |
| 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 coverings. | Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. |
| A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. | A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. |
| Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. | Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. | But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. |
| Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. | Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. | A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. |
| But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. | About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
| But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. | But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. |
| For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. | For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. |
| Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. | Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. |
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If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
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