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. | The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
When the Lord your God has blessed you, as he promised you, you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. | For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. |
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Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them. | The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. |
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. | My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. |
But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. | But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. |
A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother's grief. | A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back. | He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. |
The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. | The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. |
Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. | But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. |
A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. | A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. |
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ | And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. |
Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God. | Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. |
For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light. | For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. |
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. | For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. |
The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. |
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, but destruction for evildoers. | The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. | A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. |
The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing. | The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. | A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. |
But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. | But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. |
When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. | But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. |
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! | What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. |
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. | Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. |