Proverbs 4:8-16

⁸If you consider being wise to be very valuable, people will think very highly of you. If you cling to wisdom like you would cling to a woman you love, many people will honor you.

⁹If you become wise, that will for you be like a beautiful wreath that is put {someone puts} on your head; it will be like a king's glorious crown.” That is what my father told me.

¹⁰So now I say, “My son, heed what I say. If you do that, you will live a good long life.

¹¹I am teaching you the way to live wisely; I am showing you ow to act justly toward others.

¹²If you live wisely, when you decide to do something, you will succeed LIT.

¹³Hold fast to the things I have taught you to do, and do not let them go. Guard them, because they will be the source of a good life.

¹⁴Do not do the things that wicked people do; do not behave like they do; do not even walk on the roads that evil people walk on MET.

¹⁵Stay away from those roads; turn aside and walk on other roads;

¹⁶because evil people cannot sleep if they have not done some evil deed on that day. They cannot rest if they have not harmed someone.