It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people. |
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. | Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone. |
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If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. | And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. |
For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? | For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock? |
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! | Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him. |
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. | May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ. |
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires. |
The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. | The Lord is righteous in everything he does; he is filled with kindness. |
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! | Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord. |
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. |
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. | We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. |
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. |
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. |
Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah | Victory comes from you, O Lord. May you bless your people. |
So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. | You must faithfully keep all my commands by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord. |
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. | I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. |
For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness. | You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness. |
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. | Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. |
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. |
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. | Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. |
Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. | You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. |
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” | But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” |
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. | I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. |
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. | The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. |
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! | Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. |