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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 4, Verse 19

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But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
King James Version
The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
American Standard Version
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
New English Translation
The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
World English Bible
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
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.
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For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
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Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.