¹ If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

²³ And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

²⁶ My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

¹ My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

² For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

³ Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

⁶ Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

⁷ And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

⁷ My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

² And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

² Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

³ For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

⁴ I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

⁸ Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

⁸ Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

¹⁰ I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

¹¹ I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

¹² Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.

⁴⁵ The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

³ You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

⁴ As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

⁵ I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

⁶ My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

¹⁰ Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

²³ O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

²⁴ See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.