Psalms 37:30–31

⁶Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

¹³As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

²⁹Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

⁷The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

³¹The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

¹⁵My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

⁸And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

⁹And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

²⁴My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

⁸I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

⁷¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

³³But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

³He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

¹⁸¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

¹⁹And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

²⁰And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

¹⁰For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

⁴He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

²But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

⁹⁸Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

³And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

¹⁸Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

¹⁵The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

⁵Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

⁶Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.