Results for it's better to give than to receive translation from English to Maori

it is better to be ignorant than to be mad
porangi hoha

i think it's better to drink water than ice cream
he pai ki a au nga kotiro iti

it is better to trust in the lord than to put confidence in man.
ko te whakawhirinaki ki a ihowa, pai atu i te whakaaro ki te tangata

it is better to trust in the lord than to put confidence in princes.
ko te whakawhirinaki ki a ihowa, pai atu i te okioki ki nga rangatira

but if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
otira ki te kore e taea e raua te whakamanawanui, me marena: he pai ake hoki te marena i te kaka o te ngakau

i have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the lord jesus, how he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.
i nga mea katoa i hoatu e ahau he tauira ki a koutou, kia penei ta koutou mahi kia atawhaitia ai e koutou te hunga ngoikore, me te mahara ki nga kupu a te ariki, a ihu, i mea ra ia, ko te whakawhiwhi, nui atu te hari i to te whiwhi

it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
ko te haere ki te whare tangihanga, pai atu i te haere ki te whare hakari; ko te mutunga hoki ia o nga tangata katoa; a ka rongoatia e te tangata ora ki roto ki tona ngakau

keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of god, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
tiakina tou waewae ina haere koe ki te whare o te atua; he pai ke te whakatata ki te whakarongo i te hoatu i te patunga tapu a nga wairangi: kahore hoki ratou e mohio he mahi kino ta ratou