Proverbs 4:13-25

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.

²¹Go not they 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.

²³With all keeping keep thine heart, for life cometh forth of it.

²⁴Remove thou a shrewd mouth from thee; and backbiting lips be far from thee.

²⁵Thine eyes see rightful or right things; and thine eyelids go before thy steps.