With my lips I declare all the ordinances of thy mouth.
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”
You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
My tongue will sing of thy word, for all thy commandments are right.
I will also speak of thy testimonies 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 tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops.
And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart;
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and 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.
that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.