| In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
| Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. |
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| You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. | You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. |
| I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. | I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. |
| Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. |
| I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. | I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. |
| For no word from God will ever fail. | For nothing spoken by God is impossible. |
| For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. | For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. |
| He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. | He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. |
| You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. | You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. |
| Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. | But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. |
| How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. | How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. |
| He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” | But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.” |
| Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. | For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
| The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever. |
| Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. | What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. |
| A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. | A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. |
| Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |
| By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. | By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. |
| A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! | Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! |
| Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. | So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. |
| In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? |
| But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. | I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. |
