| Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. |
| Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. |
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| How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! | How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
| And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. | And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name. |
| Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. | Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. |
| The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. | The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. |
| The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. | The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. |
| But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. | But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. |
| So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
| Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. | Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding. |
| He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. | Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. |
| And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. | Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. |
| The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. | Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. |
| Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. | As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. |
| Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. | You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. |
| Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. | Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. |
| Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. | Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. |
| Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. | Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. |
| Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. | The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. |
| Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. | Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. |
| But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. | But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. |
| Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
| He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. | Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. |
