The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. | The young lions do without and suffer hunger; But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. |
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. |
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Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. | Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. | The Lord is my shepherd, I will not be in need. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. |
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. | But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. |
Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. | When there are many words, wrongdoing is unavoidable, But one who restrains his lips is wise. |
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. | Not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. |
Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. | Like a city that is broken into and without walls So is a person who has no self-control over his spirit. |
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. | Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. |
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. |
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. | He gives strength to the weary, And to the one who lacks might He increases power. |
“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) | And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thereby He declared all foods clean.) |
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. | For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. |