In the beginning the Word already existed. 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 to guide my feet and a light for 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; your word is my source of hope. | You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. |
How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word. | How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. |
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. |
I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word. | I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. |
For the word of God will never fail. | For nothing spoken by God is impossible. |
Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up. | Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. |
For the word of the Lord holds true, and we can trust everything he does. | For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. |
He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death. | He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. |
The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever. | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever. |
Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. | But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. |
Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection. | Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” | But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.” |
Put on salvation as your helmet, and take 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. |
The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. | By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. |
And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. | I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. |
The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced. | 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. |
You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. | You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. |
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” | But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’” |
You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. | For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession. | Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. |
For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. | Having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. |
A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare. | A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. |