Bible Verses About Young Men

Don't plan harm against your neighbor who lives beside you trustingly.

Don't quarrel with someone for no reason, if he has done you no harm.

Don't envy a man of violence, don't choose any of his ways;

for the perverse is an abomination to ADONAI, but he shares his secret counsel with the upright.

ADONAI's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

The scornful he scorns, but gives grace to the humble.

The wise win honor, but fools win shame.

Listen, children, to a father's instruction; pay attention, in order to gain insight;

for I am giving you good advice; so don't abandon my teaching.

For I too was once a child to my father; and my mother, too, thought of me as her special darling.

He too taught me; he said to me, "Let your heart treasure my words; keep my commands, and live;

gain wisdom, gain insight; don't forget or turn from the words I am saying.

Don't abandon [wisdom]; then she will preserve you; love her, and she will protect you.

The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom! And along with all your getting, get insight!

Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will bring you honor;

she will give your head a garland of grace, bestow on you a crown of glory."

Listen, my son, receive what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

I'm directing you on the way of wisdom, guiding you in paths of uprightness;

when you walk, your step won't be hindered; and if you run, you won't stumble.

Hold fast to discipline, don't let it go; guard it, for it is your life.

Don't follow the path of the wicked or walk on the way of evildoers.

Avoid it, don't go on it, turn away from it, and pass on.

For they can't sleep if they haven't done evil, they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining ever brighter until full daylight.