10. My child, listen and accept what I say.Then you will have a long life.
11. I am guiding you in wisdom.And I am leading you to do what is right.
12. Nothing will hold you back.You will not be overwhelmed.
13. Always remember what you have been taught.Don’t let go of it.Keep safe all that you have learned.It is the most important thing in your life.
14. Don’t follow the ways of the wicked.Don’t do what evil people do.
15. Avoid their ways. Don’t go near what they do.Stay away from them and keep on going.
16. They cannot sleep until they do evil.They cannot rest until they hurt someone.
17. They fill themselves with wickedness and crueltyas if they were eating bread and drinking wine.
18. The way of the good person is like the light of dawn.It grows brighter and brighter until it is full daylight.
19. But the wicked are like those who stumble in the dark.They can’t even see what has hurt them.