Proverbs 4:5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17-21, 24, 27

Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.

Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.