Everyone Should Be Quick To Listen

Everyone should be quick to listen-hear now and heed-

Slow to speak, also slow to anger in word and deed.

Anger does not yield a life praised by the Lord,

So get rid of all sin and humbly accept God's Word.

If you listen, but do not practice, you'll go astray,

Like a man who looks in a mirror, then goes away.

You must keep looking; God's Word will set you free.

Don't forget what you've heard, but do it, and blessed you'll be.

If you think you're a model Christian, yet speak too free,

If your tongue has no rein, faith's worthless; you've been deceived.

Here's faith the Father accepts as pure and true:

Help the needy, keep from defilement in all you do.