| Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. | A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. |
| With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me? | The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? |
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| It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. |
| To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is! | A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! |
| Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments. | Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. |
| He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. | He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. |
| For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God's except the Spirit of God. | For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. |
| He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. | He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. |
| He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.” | Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” |
| How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. | How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. |
| Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet? | Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched? |
| All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. | A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. |
| It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. |
| It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. | Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. |
| So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” | So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” |
| Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God. | Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. |
| Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. | However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. |
| Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people. | Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. |
| The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it. | The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. |
| How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. | Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. |
| In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. | In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
| Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers. | Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers. |
| The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps. | In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. |
| With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless. | To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless. |
| So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. | So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
