| 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 whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from 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. | Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. |
| 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. | Because if you confess with your lips that 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. | Without counsel, plans go wrong, 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. | Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. |
| 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 “Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.” |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. | O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples. |
| 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 mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy 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 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 succeed in the thing for which I sent it. |
| A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. |
| 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 to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. |
| Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. | With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. |
| A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. | A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. |
| In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all toil there is 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 human heart, but a good word cheers it up. |
| 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 what is perverse. |
| 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 think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, 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, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. | It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. |
| The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth. |
| Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool. | Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| But as for you, proclaim the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. | But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. |
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