Proverbs 4:10-27

¹⁰Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

¹¹I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

¹²When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

¹³Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.

¹⁴Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.

¹⁵Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.

¹⁶For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

¹⁹The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

²⁰My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

²¹Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

²²For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

²³Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

²⁷Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.