If you are wise, live a life of steady goodness so that only good deeds will pour forth. And if you don’t brag about them, then you will b e truly wise! And by all means don’t brag about being wise and good if you are bitter and jealous and selfish; that is the worst sort of life. For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, inspired by the devil. For wherever there is jealousy or selfish ambition, there will be disorder and every other kind of evil. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure and full of quiet gentleness. Then it is peace-loving and courteous. It allows discussion and is willing to yield to others; it is full of mercy and good deeds. It is wholehearted and straightforward and sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness