Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. | Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. |
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. | My son, do not forget my teaching, But have your heart comply with my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you. |
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Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life. | Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. |
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart. | My son, pay attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. They are not to escape from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. |
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. |
Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.”’ | Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I am going to heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.”’ |
Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. | Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. |
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. | You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. |
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. | So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it. |
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. | Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. |
Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. | Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart. |
What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar. | What is desirable in a person is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor person than a liar. |
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one. | And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one. |
As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man. | As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person. |
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. | I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. |
So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. | So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. |
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. | For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. |
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. | But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. |
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. |
Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. | Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the Lord. |
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! | Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. |
A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. | A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones. |
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility. | Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor. |