Proverbs 4:12-22

¹²When thou goest, thy steps shall not be confined; And, when 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 go not in the way of evil men;

¹⁵Avoid it, pass not upon it, Turn from it, and go away.

¹⁶For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; Yea, their sleep is taken away, unless they have caused 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, Which groweth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

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

²⁰My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear to my sayings;

²¹Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart!

²²For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.