Proverbs 4:5-22

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.

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

¹⁵In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.

¹⁶For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

¹⁷For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.

¹⁸But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

¹⁹But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

²⁰My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:

²¹that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart.

²²For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.