Proverbs 4:20-27

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