Proverbs 4:14-27

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁴ Do not travel on the path of the wicked.
Do not walk in the way of evil people.
¹⁵ Avoid it! Do not travel on it!
Turn away from it. Pass it by.
¹⁶ For they cannot sleep
    unless they have been doing wrong,
and they are robbed of sleep
    unless they are making someone stumble,
¹⁷ because wickedness is the food they eat,
and violence is the wine they drink.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until it is day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness.
They never know where they will stumble.

²⁰ My son, pay attention to my words.
Open your ears to what I say.
²¹ Do not let them escape from your sight.
Keep them deep in your heart,
²² because they are life for those who find them
and healing for the entire body.^[a]
23 Above all else, guard your heart carefully,
because your life flows from it.
²⁴ Turn your mouth away from perverted speech,
and keep devious lips far away from you.
²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Let your gaze^[b] be directly in front of you.
²⁶ Make a level pathway for your feet,
and all your ways will be secure.
²⁷ Do not swerve to the right or the left.
Turn your feet away from evil.