| The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
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| The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. | God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places. |
| The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. | The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. |
| The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. | The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way. |
| The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it. | The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. |
| Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. |
| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. |
| So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. | So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. |
| Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. | Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it. |
| A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. | A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great. |
| You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. | You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
| Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. | What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. |
| As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. | As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. |
| And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. | And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. |
| Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. |
| We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. | For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. |
| In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. | The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. |
| Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. | Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. |
| A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. |
| Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. |
| In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. | Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out. | Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. |
| Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. | Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
