| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? | He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? |
| Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. | For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. |
| Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. | And steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work. |
| Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. | In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. |
| Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake. | Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness. |
| 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. | Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God. |
| Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. |
| Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. | See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. |
| He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. | He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. |
| He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.” | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.” |
| For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen. | For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen. |
| I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. |
| For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? | For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? |
| Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. | Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. |
| If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! |
| But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. | But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
| Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? | Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? |
| I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. | I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. |
| ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies. | Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. |
| Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf. | For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well. |
| Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. | Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. |
| Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. |
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