²⁶ An abomination to Jehovah `are' thoughts of wickedness, And pure `are' sayings of pleasantness.

¹⁴ Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

³¹ The law of his God `is' his heart, His steps do not slide.

¹ To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue `is' the pen of a speedy writer.

¹⁶ These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven `are' abominations to His soul.

¹⁷ Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

¹⁸ A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

¹⁹ A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

²³ Joy `is' to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

⁹ The thought of folly `is' sin, And an abomination to man `is' a scorner.

¹⁴ Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?

³⁴ `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth 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.

³⁶ `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

³⁷ for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

¹⁹ for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings: