The Path

¹⁰ Listen, my son, and take in my speech, then the years of your life will be many. ¹¹ I teach you the path of wisdom. I lead you in straight courses. ¹² When you walk, you won’t be hindered; when you run, you won’t stumble. ¹³ Hold on to instruction; don’t slack off; protect it, for it is your life. ¹⁴ Don’t go on the way of the wicked; don’t walk on the path of evil people. ¹⁵ Avoid it! Don’t turn onto it; stay off of it and keep going! ¹⁶ They don’t sleep unless they do evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. ¹⁷ They eat the bread of evil, and they drink the wine of violence. ¹⁸ The way of the righteous is like morning light that gets brighter and brighter till it is full day. ¹⁹ The path of the wicked is like deep darkness; they don’t know where they will stumble.