| But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. | Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered. |
| For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you. | For the Lord your God will bless you, as he promised you, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. |
| But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. | But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. |
| All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing. | All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. |
| Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. |
| But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. | But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
| Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. | Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. |
| The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing. | The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. |
| Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. | The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. |
| But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ | But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
| Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. | Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. |
| The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. | The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. |
| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. |
| The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. | For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
| But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. | “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. |
| A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. | The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. |
| The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. | For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. |
| A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. | The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. |
| Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. |
| Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. | Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. |
| For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. | For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
| A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. | A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. |
| The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil. | The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers. |
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