Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. | Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. | Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. |
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Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” | Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.” |
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. | Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. |
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. |
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. | 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 swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. |
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. | Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. |
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. | Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. |
Judge not, that you be not judged. | Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. |
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. | I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing! |
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. | Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. |
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. | If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and don’t tell the truth. |
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. | Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. |
I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. | I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. |
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. | But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. |
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. | Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. |
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. | “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil. |
Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. | Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. |
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. | Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. |
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. | Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless. |
But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” | But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.” |
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. | You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |