Proverbs 4:5-9

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⁵^(A)Get wisdom; get ^(B)insight;
    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
⁶Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
    ^(C)love her, and she will guard you.
⁷^(D)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
    and whatever you get, get ^(E)insight.
⁸Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
    she will ^(F)honor you ^(G)if you embrace her.
⁹She will place on your head ^(H)a graceful garland;
    she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

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Proverbs 4:18-27

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¹⁸But ^(A)the path of the righteous is like ^(B)the light of dawn,
which shines ^(C)brighter and brighter until ^(D)full day.
¹⁹^(E)The way of the wicked is like deep ^(F)darkness;
they do not know over what they ^(G)stumble.

²⁰^(H)My son, be attentive to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹^(I)Let them not escape from your sight;
    ^(J)keep them within your heart.
²²For they are ^(K)life to those who find them,
    and healing to all their^[a] flesh.
²³Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for ^(L)from it flow ^(M)the springs of life.
²⁴Put away from you ^(N)crooked speech,
    and put ^(O)devious talk far from you.
²⁵^(P)Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
²⁶^(Q)Ponder^[b] the path of your feet;
    ^(R)then all your ways will be sure.
²⁷^(S)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.