Proverbs 23:11-21

11 for their redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.
12 Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold discipline from your children; if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.
14 If you beat them with the rod, you will save their lives from Sheol
15 My child, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
16 My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord.
18 Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way
20 Do not be among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags
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