| 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. | 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 like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. | Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples. | Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known 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 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. |
| 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, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. | A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, 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 destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. |
| A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. |
| In all toil 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 weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. | 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 perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. |
| If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their 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. |
| 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. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. |
| By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. | By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool. |
| Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. |
| While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler. | Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. |
| 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. | 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 a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. | For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
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A fool despises a parent's instruction,but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.