| The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom, and no matter what the cost, acquire understanding. | The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. |
| Acquire wisdom and gain understanding; never forget or turn aside from my words. | Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. |
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| It is better to acquire wisdom rather than gold, and more desirable to acquire understanding rather than silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! |
| And now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name. | And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name. |
| Welcome anyone whose faith is weak, but do not get into arguments about doubts. | Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. |
| Do not wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth, and cease even to think about it. | Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. |
| A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life; a poor man never has to worry about such threats. | A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. |
| The labors of the wicked man produce little profit, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. | A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
| However, now that you have been freed from sin and bound to the service of God, the benefit you receive is sanctification, and the end is eternal life. | But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. |
| Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. | Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. |
| Blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has gained understanding. | Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. |
| Whoever gains wisdom loves his own soul; one who cherishes understanding will prosper. | The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. |
| Everyone who seeks a prize submits himself to rigorous self-discipline in every respect. They do so to win a perishable crown, while we seek an imperishable one. | Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. |
| A generous person will be enriched; he who refreshes others will also be refreshed. | A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. |
| You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask. | You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. |
| Therefore, rid yourselves of everything sordid and of every wicked excess, and welcome in all humility the word that is implanted in you and is able to save your souls. | Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. |
| Guide my steps in accord with your word and never let evil triumph over me. | Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. |
| Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. The measure that you use for others will be used to measure you. | Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. |
| Do not swerve either to the right or to the left; keep your foot far from evil. | Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. |
| Remember this: if you sow sparingly, you will reap sparingly, and if you sow generously, you will reap generously as well. | Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. |
| Therefore, whenever you give alms, do not trumpet your generosity, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets in order to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have already received their reward. | So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. |
| However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. | Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. |
| Speak out and pronounce righteous judgments; defend the rights of the wretched and the poor. | Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| The lips of a fool cause strife, and his mouth provokes a flogging. | The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating. |
| Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but he who mingles with fools will suffer harm. | Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. |
