| This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! | The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad. |
| See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! | How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! |
| Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. | Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
| The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. | The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. |
| It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. | It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows. |
| But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.” | He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” |
| Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. | Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. |
| But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. |
| You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. | You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. |
| All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. | No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. |
| For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? | What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? |
| He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.” | And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” |
| He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. | The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. |
| It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. | It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. |
| As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. | You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. |
| Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. | Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. |
| When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. | When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
| I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. | I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. |
| Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. | Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. | The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. |
| God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good? | God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? |
| The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. |
| Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. | Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. |
| If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. | If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
| Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.” | The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” |
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