Proverbs 4:10–19 · BSB
4:10
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
4:11
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
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4:12
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
4:13
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
4:14
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
4:15
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
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