| Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. | Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. |
| Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. | That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. |
| Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. |
| 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. | Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. |
| Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. | Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. |
| Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! | Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! |
| If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. |
| So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. | So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. |
| Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. | A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. |
| For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” | For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue. |
| With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. | The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. |
| A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. | A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. |
| In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. | In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty. |
| Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. | Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. |
| And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. | But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. |
| And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. |
| Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. | Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. |
| If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. | If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. |
| It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. |
| Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. | For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. |
| The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool. |
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