Proverbs 4:2-13

²For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.

³For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:

⁴who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:

⁵and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.

⁶And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.

⁸Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;

⁹that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.

¹⁰Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.

¹¹For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.

¹²For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.

¹³Take hold of my instruction; let it not go,—but keep it for thyself for thy life.