Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Second Week of Great Lent - Page of 24
For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to
go in right paths.
11.
For when thou goest, thy steps shall
not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not
be distressed.
12.
Take hold of my instruction; let it not go,
-- but keep it for thyself for thy life.
13.
Go not in the ways
of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
14.
In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not
thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
15.
For they
cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is
taken away, and they rest not.
16.
For these live upon the
bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of
transgression.
17.
But the ways of the righteous shine like
light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
18.
But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how
they stumble.
19.
My son, attend to my speech; and apply
thine ear to my words:
20.
that thy fountains may not fail
thee; keep them in thine heart.
21.
For they are life to those
that find them, and health to all their flesh.
22.
Keep thine
heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues
of life.
23.
Remove from thee a forward mouth, and put far
away from thee unjust lips.
24.
Let thine eyes look right on,
and let thine eyelids assent to just things.
25.
Make straight
paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.
26.
Turn not
aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy
foot from an evil way: [for God knows the ways on the
right hand, but those on the left are crooked:] and he will
make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.