| And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. | And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. |
| Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. | Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! |
| So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it. | So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. |
| A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. |
| May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. |
| Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue. |
| A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. | A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. |
| With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. | The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. |
| Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. | Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. |
| In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty. |
| If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. |
| Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. |
| If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless. | If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. |
| Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. | And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. |
| Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
| Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. | Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. |
| Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. | For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. |
| Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. | And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. |
| And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.” | So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.” |
| The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little. |
| When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. |
| But as for you, proclaim the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. | But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine. |
| One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool. | Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool. |
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