Proverbs 4:11-20

¹¹I shall show to thee the way of wisdom; and I shall lead thee by the paths of equity.

¹²Into which when thou hast entered, thy goings shall not be made strait; and thou shalt run, and shalt not have hurting.

¹³Hold thou teaching, and forsake thou it not; keep thou it, for it is thy life.

¹⁴Delight thou not in the paths of wicked men; and the way of evil men please not thee.

¹⁵Flee thou from it, and pass thou not thereby; bow thou away, and forsake it.

¹⁶For they sleep not, no but they have done evil; and sleep is ravished from them, no but they have deceived simple men.

¹⁷They eat the bread of unpiety, and drink the wine of wickedness.

¹⁸But the path of just or rightwise men goeth forth as light shining, and increaseth till to a perfect day.

¹⁹The way of wicked men is dark; they know not where they shall fall.

²⁰My son, hearken thou to my words; and bow down thine ears to my speeches.