Proverbs 4:20-27 ▼

20 My son, give attention to my words, || Incline your ear to my sayings,

21 Do not let them turn aside from your eyes, || Preserve them in the midst of your heart.

22 For they [are] life to those finding them, || And healing to all their flesh.

23 Above every charge keep your heart, || For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.

24 Turn aside a contrary mouth from you, || And put perverse lips far from you,

25 Your eyes look straightforward, || And your eyelids look straight before you.

26 Ponder the path of your feet, || And all your ways [are] established.

27 Do not incline [to] the right or to the left, || Turn aside your foot from evil!