Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips [will come] right things;

All the words of my mouth [are] with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse [is] in them.

Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth To those who send to you?

Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

My words [come] from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart [shall give] understanding.

Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

"If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or [whether] I speak on My own [authority.]

If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.

holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.

" As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

" But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them,

"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.