May those who honor you come to me--- all those who know your commands.

Go away from me, you sinful people. I will obey the commands of my God.

How excellent are the LORD's faithful people! My greatest pleasure is to be with them.

I will approve of those who are faithful to God and will let them live in my palace. Those who are completely honest will be allowed to serve me.

Set me free from my distress; then in the assembly of your people I will praise you because of your goodness to me.

Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.

Then the people who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard what they said. In his presence, there was written down in a book a record of those who feared the LORD and respected him.

Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."

Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together?

How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, "I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death.