Proverbs 4:4-14

⁴And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.

⁵Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding: forget not, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.

⁶Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.

⁷The beginning of wisdom is, Acquire wisdom: and with all thy acquisition acquire understanding.

⁸Hold her in high esteem, and she will exalt thee: she will bring thee to honor, when thou embracest her.

⁹She will give to thy head a wreath of grace: a crown of ornament will she deliver to thee.

¹⁰Hear, O my son, and accept my sayings: and they will increase unto thee the years of life.

¹¹In the way of wisdom have I instructed thee: I have led thee in the tracks of uprightness.

¹²When thou walkest, thy step shall not be narrowed; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

¹³Lay fast hold of correction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

¹⁴Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad.