He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise. | Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. |
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God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. | Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. | Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. |
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them. | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. |
And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even sinners do that much! | And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. |
When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” | But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. |
We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him. | And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. |
Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all. | Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. |
Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing. | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. |
He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. | To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life. |
Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the Lord will be joyful. | He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. |
But the Lord will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned. | The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. |
God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. | As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. |
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud. | Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. |
My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly. | My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. |
God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. | Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. |
The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are open to their prayers. But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil. | For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. |
Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” | But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. |
But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. | The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
The Lord says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name.” | I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. |
Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward. | Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. |
Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased. | Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. |
Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection. | Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. | As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. |