| Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. |
| A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. | A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water. |
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| As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. | Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another. |
| What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. | What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. |
| Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. | A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. |
| He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.” | And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” |
| One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. | Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. |
| A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. | If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
| A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. | The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. |
| Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. | Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. |
| How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. | How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. |
| Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. | Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. |
| God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” | For he will repay according to each one's deeds. |
| How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. | How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. |
| But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. | But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die. |
| The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. | Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all. |
| Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. | Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. |
| A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. | A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. |
| A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! | To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is! |
| A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. | All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. |
| “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.) | He said to them, “Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) |
| There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. | There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death. |
| Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. | Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding. |
| Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. |
