| Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. | Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. |
| Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. | Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. |
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| Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. | Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! |
| Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! | Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
| Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. | Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. |
| Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honor. | The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor. |
| Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. | Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. |
| All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. | O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. |
| Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
| After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. | And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
| If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. | If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
| I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. |
| The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. | The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. |
| The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. | It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. |
| And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness. | And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us. |
| I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. | I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. |
| Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”. | Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”. |
| Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. | Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. |
| My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? |
| And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. | And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. |
| This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. | Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. |
| A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. | A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great. |
| He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. | Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began. |
| In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. | O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. |
| Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. | Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. |
