Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. | A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. |
Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. | Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. |
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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. | A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination. |
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. | You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. |
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. |
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. | Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. |
But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. | But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. |
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. | And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. |
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. | The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. |