| 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. | What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs. |
| 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. | Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. |
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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. | If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. |
| Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. | Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. |
| 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. | In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. |
| 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, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.” |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. |
| Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. | Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. |
| 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. | If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging 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 is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. |
| A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. |
| May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. | May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. |
| Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. | Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. |
| A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. | The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating. |
| With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. | With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. |
| In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. | All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. |
| Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. | Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. |
| If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless. | Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. |
| 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 whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through 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 finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. |
| Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. | It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. |
| When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| 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. | Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. |
| Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. | Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. |
| Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. | Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. |
