¹⁰ Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

⁷ and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

⁴ by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

¹⁵ The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

²³ The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

⁴ Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

⁷ I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.

⁷ And yet, ask, I pray thee, `One of' the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

⁸ Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:

¹⁹ and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

¹ Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,