Good people think before they answer. Evil people have a quick reply, but it causes trouble.

Listen, and I will teach you what the wise have said. Study their teachings,

and you will be glad if you remember them and can quote them.

The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair.

They keep the law of their God in their hearts and never depart from it.

Beautiful words fill my mind, as I compose this song for the king. Like the pen of a good writer my tongue is ready with a poem.

You snakes---how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.

Christ's message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts.