| Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. | Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. |
| Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. | Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
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| That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. | That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. |
| Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. | Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. |
| Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. | Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. |
| For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. He must turn away from evil and do good; He must seek peace and pursue it.” | For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. | O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. |
| If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. |
| So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it. | So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. |
| A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. |
| May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. |
| Rescue my soul, 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 person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. | An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. |
| A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. | A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. |
| Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. | Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. |
| In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s 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. |
| Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. | And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
| Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. | It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. |
| Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. | And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. |
| When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. |
| Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. | For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
