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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 4, Verse 18

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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
King James Version
But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
American Standard Version
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
New English Translation
But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
World English Bible
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19
The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22
For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
24
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding: