There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

Surely you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands.

Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.

I have not departed from the Commandment of His lips; I have treasured the Words of His mouth more than my prescribed food.

Men listened to me and waited, and kept silent for my counsel.

After my speech they did not change anything, and my words dropped upon them.

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

The preacher sought to learn acceptable words; written words of uprightness and truth.

And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah the God of Hosts.

So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I am deeply fond of You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, are you deeply fond of Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, Are you deeply fond of Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You discern all things; You know that I am deeply fond of You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not eager for dishonest gain but with a ready mind;

Because they hated knowledge and chose not the fear of Jehovah.

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own devices.

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised correction;

He shall die without instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I also will forget your sons.

When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

And even as they do not like to have God in their full true knowledge, God gives them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no heart?