| How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
| Take good care to observe the commandment and instruction that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. | But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor? | There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? |
| The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners. | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound. |
| For he will repay according to each one's deeds. | Who “will render to each one according to his deeds” |
| The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. | The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. |
| But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God. | But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. |
| And steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work. | Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work. |
| Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. | Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. |
| See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised. | Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again. |
| To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| 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. | For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. |
| Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. | Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! |
| It is a snare for one to say rashly, “It is holy,” and begin to reflect only after making a vow. | It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows. |
| Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. |
| Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. | Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. |
| 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? | He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? |
| Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so. |
| Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness. | Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth. |
| He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. | He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. |
| 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? | Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? |
| Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain. | Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness. |
| Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today. | But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. |
| In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. | Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. |
| I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. | I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. |
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