| 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. | In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. | Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known 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 is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. |
| A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. |
| 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, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. |
| Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. | A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. |
| With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. | With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. |
| In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. |
| Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. | Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. |
| 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. | If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have 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 lies. |
| 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 himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless. |
| Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. | Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do 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, what is perverted. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. |
| Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
| And when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit. | When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. |
| When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| 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. | Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. |
| 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, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
| Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. | Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. |
| 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.” | Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.” |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. |
| Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince. | Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. |
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