| The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin. | But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. |
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| But as for you, proclaim the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. | But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine. |
| By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their lights. | By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. |
| One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool. | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| For with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. | For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. |
| Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| I have not failed the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. | Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
| But above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you do not fall under judgment. | But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. |
| In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. | In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. |
| For no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. | For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. |
| If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. | If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. |
| Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. | And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. |
| And if you say in your heart, ‘How will we recognize the word which the Lord has not spoken?’ When the prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, and the thing does not happen or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you are not to be afraid of him. | And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. |
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal faithfully are His delight. | Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight. |
| And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ | And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? |
| And on that day you will say, “Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name. Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His name is exalted.” | And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. |
| And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with different tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out. | And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. |
| I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. | I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. |
| The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body. | The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. |
| And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness. | And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. |
| You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. | Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. |
| Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” | Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. |
| But I say to you, take no oath at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God, nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. | But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. |
