| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | не по словам судят, а по делам | deeds, not words (Anglophile) |
| proverb | не по словам судят, а по делам | actions speak louder than words (дословно: Поступки говорят громче, чем слова) |
| proverb | не по словам судят, а по делам | actions speak loader than words (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | не по словам судят, а по делам | actions louder than words |
| proverb | не по словам судят, а по делам | words are but wind |
| gen. | не по словам судят, а по делам | it is not words that count but deeds |
| gen. | о человеке надо судить по делам, а не по словам | a man should be judged by his deeds, not by his words |
| proverb | о человеке судят не по словам, а по делам | handsome is as handsome does (Anglophile) |
| proverb | суди людей по делам, а не по словам | judge people by their deeds, not words (VLZ_58) |
| proverb | суди не по словам, а по делам | pretty is as pretty does (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| saying. | судят не по словам, а делам | talk is cheap (VLZ_58) |
| proverb | судят не по словам, а по делам | handsome is that handsome does |
| idiom. | судят по делам, а не по словам | handsome is that handsome does |
| Makarov. | судят по делам, а не по словам | action speak louder than words |
| idiom. | судят по делам, а не по словам | handsome is as handsome does |
| gen. | судят по делам, а не по словам | a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words |
