| Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. | There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. |
| 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. | For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. |
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| A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. | The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. |
| And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. | Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.” | And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. |
| A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. | A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. |
| Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. | Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. |
| Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. | A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. |
| A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. |
| A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. | The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. |
| The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. | The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. |
| Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. | If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. |
