| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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.” | 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.” |
| Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. | Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. |
| O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples. | Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. | A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. |
| Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. | May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. |
| When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. | And when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. |
| With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. | With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. |
| A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. |
| In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. |
| Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. |
| If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. | If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless. |
| 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 perverted. |
| 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. | Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. |
| It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. |
| The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth. | The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. |
| But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. | But as for you, proclaim the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool. |
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