The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. |
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. | He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. |
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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. | What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. | If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. |
I can do all this through him who gives me strength. | I can do all things through him who strengthens me. |
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. | Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. |
The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. | May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace! |
Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. | Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord. |
Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end. | A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back. |
All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing. | All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back. |
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. | For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. |
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had. | May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus. |
A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. | A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great. |
The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. | The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. |
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. | No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. |
Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. | Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God. |
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. | The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous are generous and keep giving. |
God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. | God gives the desolate a home to live in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious live in a parched land. |
Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time. | Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time. |
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. | But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing. |
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. | There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. |
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. | A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water. |
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother's grief. |