| Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. | Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. |
| I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. | I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. |
| Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn. | And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn. |
| How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. | How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. |
| My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you. | My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. |
| Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. | Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. |
| So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. | And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. |
| The Lord your God you shall follow, him alone you shall fear, his commandments you shall keep, his voice you shall obey, him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast. | You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. |
| 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. | You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. |
| Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent. | Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. |
| But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” | But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” |
| I the Lord am your God; follow my statutes, and be careful to observe my ordinances, and hallow my sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may know that I the Lord am your God. | I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. |
| If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever! | Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever! |
| But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. | But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
| Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. | Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
| Do not, O Lord, withhold your mercy from me; let your steadfast love and your faithfulness keep me safe forever. | As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! |
| The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still. | The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. |
| Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. | Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints. |
| So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| If you follow my statutes and keep my commandments and observe them faithfully, I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. | If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. |
| Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. | Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. |
| Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. | Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. |
| I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. | And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. |
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