King James Version KJV
New International Version NIV
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
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The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
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Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
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Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
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