With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.
The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice.
Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
My tongue will sing of your promise, for all your commandments are right.
I will also speak of your decrees before kings and shall not be put to shame;
I shall not die, but I shall live and recount the deeds of the Lord.
What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.
Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
so that you may hold on to prudence, and your lips may guard knowledge.