Proverbs 23:19-29 (Revised Standard Version)
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19
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
20
Be not among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
21
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22
Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
25
Let your father and mother be glad, let her who bore you rejoice.
26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
27
For a harlot is a deep pit; an adventuress is a narrow well.
28
She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men.
29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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