Admonition to Keep to the Right Path

¹⁰Hear, my child, and accept my words,
   that the years of your life may be many.
¹¹I have taught you the way of wisdom;
   I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
¹²When you walk, your step will not be hampered;
   and if you run, you will not stumble.
¹³Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
   guard her, for she is your life.
¹⁴Do not enter the path of the wicked,
   and do not walk in the way of evildoers.
¹⁵Avoid it; do not go on it;
   turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
   they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness
   and drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
   which shines brighter and brighter until full day.