Proverbs 4:20-27

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁰ My son, pay attention to what I am saying;
incline your ear to my words.
²¹ Don’t let them out of your sight,
keep them deep in your heart;
²² for they are life to those who find them
and health to their whole being.

²³ Above everything else, guard your heart;
for it is the source of life’s consequences.
²⁴ Keep crooked speech out of your mouth,
banish deceit from your lips.
²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead,
fix your gaze on what lies in front of you.
²⁶ Level the path for your feet,
let all your ways be properly prepared;
²⁷ then deviate neither right nor left;
and keep your foot far from evil.