As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. | As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man. |
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. | A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back. |
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! | A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! |
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal. | Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him. |
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. | Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. |
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. | He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known. |
When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken. | When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken. |
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. | Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. |
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! | Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake. |
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. | But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. |
The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. | The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke. |
So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” | So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” |
And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work. | Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work. |
Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. | Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. | As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. |
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? | God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? |
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. | He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. |
See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day. | Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again. |
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? | For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? |
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe. | The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. |
He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” | And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” |
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. | And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. |
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. | This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. |
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