Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die. | He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. |
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. | He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
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For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. | That he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. |
Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end. | A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control. |
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber. | He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. |
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. | He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray. |
The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. | He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. |
The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us. | He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us. |
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. | Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments. |
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. | One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. |
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. | Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! |
If you love me, keep my commands. | If you love me, keep my commandments. |
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. | Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. |
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. | One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret. |
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. | Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. |
Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord. | Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh. |
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. | If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. |
Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. | Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. |
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. | The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. | For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness. |
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. |
Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. | Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. |