Proverbs 4:10-19

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ Listen, my son. Accept my words,^(A)
and you will live many years.^(B)
11 I am teaching you the way of wisdom;
I am guiding you on straight paths.^(C)
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;^(D)
when you run, you will not stumble.^(E)
13 Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.^(F)
Guard it, for it is your life.
¹⁴ Keep off the path of the wicked;^(G)
don’t proceed on 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.^(H)
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,^(I)
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
¹⁹ But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;^(J)
they don’t know what makes them stumble.^(K)