COMPARING
PROVERBS 3:7 (CEV)
Don’t ever think that you
are wise enough,
but respect the LORD
and stay away from evil.
GALATIANS 6:4 (CEV)
Do your own work well, and then you will have something to be proud of. But don’t compare yourself with others.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Focus more on honoring and obeying the Lord -- and less on comparing yourself to others.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the opportunity to work. Forgive me for the way that I regularly measure my worth by comparing myself to others. Help me to find my significance in my relationship with you. I'm going to quit comparing myself with others. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
