| And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. | And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. |
| Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. | Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! |
| 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. | So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. |
| Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. |
| Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing 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 rock and my redeemer. |
| With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. | With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. |
| The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
| All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. |
| 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. | If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. |
| Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. |
| Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. |
| 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. | And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. |
| It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
| Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. | If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. |
| Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
| Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler! | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. |
| Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.” | And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.” |
| Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. | And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. |
| Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
Bible verse of the day
If either of them falls down,one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.