Proverbs 4 (KJV)   Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend 
to know understanding. {2} For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my 
law. {3} For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my 
mother. {4} He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my 
words: keep my commandments, and live. {5} Get wisdom, get understanding: 
forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. {6} Forsake her 
not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 
{7} Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy 
getting get understanding. {8} Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she 
shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. {9} She shall give to 
thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 
{10} Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall 
be many. {11} I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in 
right paths. {12} When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when 
thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. {13} Take fast hold of instruction; let 
her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. {14} Enter not into the path of the 
wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. {15} Avoid it, pass not by it, turn 
from it, and pass away. {16} For they sleep not, except they have done 
mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 
{17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 
{18} But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and 
more unto the perfect day. {19} The way of the wicked is as darkness: they 
know not at what they stumble. {20} My son, attend to my words; incline thine 
ear unto my sayings. {21} Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in 
the midst of thine heart. {22} For they are life unto those that find them, 
and health to all their flesh. {23} Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out 
of it are the issues of life. {24} Put away from thee a froward mouth, and 
perverse lips put far from thee. {25} Let thine eyes look right on, and let 
thine eyelids look straight before thee. {26} Ponder the path of thy feet, and 
let all thy ways be established. {27} Turn not to the right hand nor to the 
left: remove thy foot from evil.