Do NOT read this as a religious text (if you already have read in such POV, read again OBJECTIVELY). Proverbs is specifically written for a young man entering this chaotic world of temptation...
As somebody twice your age, I can only vaguely recall how little I would have wanted to read The Bible at twenty... but it could have helped avoid several heartbreaks (personal and business), if only I would have considered listening.
—Agnostic Electrician