| The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. | The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. |
| Anxiety in the human heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. | Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. |
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| A gift opens doors for the giver and wins him access to the powerful. | A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. |
| The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth, and our toil adds nothing to it. | The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it. |
| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son gives grief to his mother. | A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. |
| Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me to tranquil streams. | The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. |
| Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. | And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. |
| And the one who searches hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. | 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. |
| Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how the body is formed in a woman’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, the Creator of all. | 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. |
| He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end. | He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. |
| In the same way, even the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs that cannot be put into words. | 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. |
| Do not make gods from silver or from gold instead of me. You will not make them for yourselves. | Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. |
| Make your ways known to me, O Lord; teach me your paths. | Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. |
| I will make haste and not delay to observe your precepts. | I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. |
| He said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” | “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” |
| You, O Lord, are light for my lamp; O my God, you make my darkness turn to light. | You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. |
| I will put my Spirit in you and make you follow my statutes and my ordinances. | And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. |
| Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
| The Lord makes a man’s steps secure when he approves of his conduct. | The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. |
| A man may plan his own course, but the Lord makes his steps secure. | In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. |
| It is rash to pledge a sacred gift, or to make a vow and then have second thoughts. | It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows. |
| Make every possible effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. | Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. |
| Come forth! Let us bow down to worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. | Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. |
| Woe to anyone who rises up against his Maker, or to the pot that is displeased with the potter. Does the clay say to the one who molds it, “What are you doing? Your work makes no sense.” | Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’? |
