Proverbs 4:10-19 - The Right Path

¹⁰ Listen, my son. Accept my words,
and you will live many years.
¹¹ I am teaching you the way of wisdom;
I am guiding you on straight paths.
¹² When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
¹³ Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.
¹⁴ Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.
¹⁵ Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
¹⁶ For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
¹⁷ They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
¹⁹ But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.