One who finds a wife finds happiness and receives favor from the Lord. | Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. |
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. |
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Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. |
Blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has gained understanding. | Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. |
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor too. | He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. |
The name of the Lord is a tower of strength; the upright man runs to it and finds refuge. | Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. |
No one who conceals his transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and renounces them will obtain mercy. | He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. |
In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. | My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. |
A man is joyful when he utters apt answers, and even more satisfying is a word in season. | Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! |
The one who pays heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. | He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed. |
The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness, but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. |