But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to you, and the birds of the air, if they may declare to you.

Tell the earth, if it may speak to you, and the fish of the sea shall explain to you.

And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years men know wisdom:

And you shall teach them to your children, and you shall speak of them sitting in the house, and walking by the way, and lying down, and rising up.

And you shall teach them to your children, so as to speak about them when you sit in the house, and when you walk by the way, and when you sleep, and when you rise up.

Generation after generation shall praise Your works, and tell of Your power.

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying concerning his gifts; and through it, although he died, he still speaks.

So therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every impediment, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

The heart of the wise will discern the [things which proceed] from his own mouth, and on his lips he will wear knowledge.

The heart of the sensible man purchases discretion, and the ears of the wise seek understanding.

A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and an evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.