¹⁷ The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.^(A)

³¹ Gray hair is a crown of splendor;^(A)
    it is attained in the way of righteousness.

⁵ In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,^(A)
    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

⁶ Start^(B) children off on the way they should go,^(C)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.^(D)