Bible Verses About Young Men

My son, if you will receive my words and store my commands inside you,

paying attention to wisdom inclining your mind toward understanding

yes, if you will call for insight and raise your voice for discernment,

if you seek it as you would silver and search for it as for hidden treasure -

then you will understand the fear of ADONAI and find knowledge of God.

For ADONAI gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

He stores up common sense for the upright, is a shield to those whose conduct is blameless,

in order to guard the courses of justice and preserve the way of those faithful to him.

Then you will understand righteousness, justice, fairness and every good path.

For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will be enjoyable for you,

discretion will watch over you, and discernment will guard you.

They will save you from the way of evil and from those who speak deceitfully,

who leave the paths of honesty to walk the ways of darkness,

who delight in doing evil and take joy in being stubbornly deceitful,

from those whose tracks are twisted and whose paths are perverse.

They will save you from a woman who is a stranger, from a loose woman with smooth talk,

who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Her house is sinking toward death, her paths lead to the dead.

None who go to her return; they never regain the path to life.

Thus you will walk on the way of good people and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will live in the land, the pure-hearted will remain there;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, the unfaithful rooted out of it.

My son, don't forget my teaching, keep my commands in your heart;

for they will add to you many days, years of life and peace.

Do not let grace and truth leave you -bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.