20My son, be attentive to my words;incline your ear to my sayings.21Let them not escape from your sight;keep them within your heart.22For they arelife to those who find them,and healing to all their[a]flesh.23Keep your heart with all vigilance,forfrom it flowthe springs of life.24Put away from youcrooked speech,and putdevious talk far from you.25Let your eyes look directly forward,and your gaze be straight before you.26Ponder[b]the path of your feet;then all your ways will be sure.27Do not swerve to the right or to the left;turn your foot away from evil.