| Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death. | Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. |
| The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. | A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. |
| In You, Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame; In Your righteousness rescue me. | In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. |
| But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. | But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. |
| The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. | The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. | For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. | For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. |
| But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. | May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
| For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, 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. |
| Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. | And this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
Bible verse of the day
Vindicate the weak and fatherless;Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.