Proverbs 4:20-27Amplified Bible (AMP) 20 My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn; Open your ears to my sayings. 21 Do not let them escape from your sight; Keep them in the center of your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, And healing and health to all their flesh. 23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth, And put devious lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity]. 26 Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, And all your ways will be steadfast and sure. 27 Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk]; Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.

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Leadership
I eaders who last do not merely react to their culture; they base their leadership on timeless and universal
L principles. They remain relevant because they marry cultural context to timeless truth. proverbs 4 encour-
ages leaders to become principle centered. Verses 20-)7 teach us that God's principles give us three crucial
tools:
1. They are a guide,.they help us stay on the right path.
2. They are a guard;they keep our hearts and bodies protected.
3. They are a gauge,.they enable us to evaluate where we are.
These principles build our character, direct our decisions, and correct our lifestyles. Every leader ought to
consume God's Word, then put the truihs tre or she discovers in the form of principles that can gria., irrrA