Proverbs 4:4-14

⁴Who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thy 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: Honor 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.

¹⁴Go not in the ways of the ungodly, Neither covet the ways of transgressors.