| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. | Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. |
| The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. | The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. |
| By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. | By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. |
| For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.” | Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.” |
| Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. | Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. |
| But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. | But say the things which fit sound doctrine. |
| On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying. | When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied. |
| Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. | Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. |
| In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. | In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears. |
| For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. | For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. |
| But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. | But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy. |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. |
| I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. | I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. | But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one. |
| For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. | For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit. |
| And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. | God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
| And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. | Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. |
| And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. | You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?” When a prophet speaks in Yahweh’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him. |
| If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. | “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you will delight yourself in Yahweh, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father;” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it. |
| If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him. | If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. |
| But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” | Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” |
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. | Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight. |
| Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” | Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.” |
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