| But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. | And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. |
| Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. |
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| O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. | Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. |
| So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. | So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. |
| Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. | May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. |
| A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. | Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. |
| Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. | Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. |
| An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. | With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. |
| A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. | The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating. |
| In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. | All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. |
| Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. | Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. |
| Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. | If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. |
| Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. |
| And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. | And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. | The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. |
| If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. | Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. |
| It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. | It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. |
| Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. |
| By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. | By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. |
| He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. | Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. |
| Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. | Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. | When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. | Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler! |
| And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. | Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. |
| For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. | Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. |
