Proverbs 4:11-20

¹¹I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

¹²When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

¹³Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

¹⁴Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

¹⁵Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

¹⁶For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

¹⁷The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

¹⁸But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

¹⁹The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

²⁰My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.