Proverbs 4:12-24

¹²Into which when thou hast entered, thy goings shall not be made strait; and thou shalt run, and shalt not have hurting (or and thou shalt not be caused to stumble).

¹³Hold thou (fast to my) teaching, and forsake thou it not; keep thou it (near), for it is thy life.

¹⁴Delight thou not in the paths of wicked men; and the way of evil men please not thee. (Delight thou not in the paths of the wicked; and do not let the ways of evil people please 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. (For they do not sleep, unless first they have done some evil; and sleep is taken from them, unless first they have deceived those who be honest, or have integrity.)

¹⁷They eat the bread of unpiety, and drink the wine of wickedness. (They eat evil bread, and drink wicked wine.)

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

¹⁹The way of wicked men is dark (or The way of the wicked is dark); they know not where, (or when), they shall fall.

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

²¹Go not they away from thine eyes (or Let them not go away from thine eyes); keep thou them in the middle of thine heart.

²²For those be life to men finding those, and health of all flesh. (For they be life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.)

²³With all (safe) keeping keep thine heart (safe), for life cometh forth of it (or for life cometh forth from it).

²⁴Remove thou a shrewd mouth from thee (or Do not thou speak depraved things); and backbiting lips be far from thee.