It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. | A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion. |
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. |
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Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. | Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. |
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. | And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. |
He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. | He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of his ways will die. |
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? | For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? |
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning. | Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive. |
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. | Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. |
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control. | A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back. |
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. | But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. |
A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent. | A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame. |
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. | Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. |
Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand. | Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. |
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. | And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them. |
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? | For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? |
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live. Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. | I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God. |
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. | As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. |
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. | You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. |
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. |
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. | A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. |
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them. | For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. |
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. | The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. |
The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. | Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. |
Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. | Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment. |
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. | The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke. |