People who do not get along with others are interested only in themselves; they will disagree with what everyone else knows is right.

Your commandments are my eternal possession; they are the joy of my heart.

I have decided to obey your laws until the day I die.

"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.

And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"

Listen, and I will teach you what the wise have said. Study their teachings,

I want you to put your trust in the LORD; that is why I am going to tell them to you now.

and will teach you what the truth really is. Then when you are sent to find it out, you will bring back the right answer.

Pay attention to your teacher and learn all you can.

Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.

But I devoted myself to knowledge and study; I was determined to find wisdom and the answers to my questions, and to learn how wicked and foolish stupidity is.

I saw all this when I thought about the things that are done in this world, a world where some people have power and others have to suffer under them.

Whenever I tried to become wise and learn what goes on in the world, I realized that you could stay awake night and day

The people there were more open-minded than the people in Thessalonica. They listened to the message with great eagerness, and every day they studied the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was really true.