But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
For you suffer fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise.
Proverbs 1:5-7 5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels: 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7The fear of the LORD is the begin...
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more.
The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
