| When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that 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. |
| Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples. | Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! |
| 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 succeed in the thing 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. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. | With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. |
| Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O 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. |
| A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
| In all toil there is 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 mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy 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 human heart, but a good word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| It is honorable to refrain from 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. |
| Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly. | Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. |
| Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
| The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. |
| While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. | For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ 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.” |
| If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, 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. |
| Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. | Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. |
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