Come, my children,

"Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn from evil and do good,
seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
but the face of the LORD is against those
who do evil,
to blot our their name from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears
them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in
spirit.
The righteous person may have many
troubles,
but the LORD delivers him from them all.
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
Psalm 34: 11- 20