| Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you. | You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of the Lord your God with which I am charging you. |
| 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. |
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| The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. |
| When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. | Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. |
| 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. |
| I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ | I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ |
| For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. | For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the clouds. |
| 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. |
| Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. | But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. |
| Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. | Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be known in all the earth. |
| I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. |
| The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. | The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. |
| To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless. | With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless. |
| Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. | Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. |
| Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
| Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. | O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples. |
| For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. | Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. |
| Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. | Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. |
| They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. | They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. |
| I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. | I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father. |
| And every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. | Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents. |
| Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. | Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. |
| By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. | By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. |
| Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. | Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
