Proverbs 23:10-26

¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmark, And enter not into the fields of the fatherless!

¹¹For their avenger is mighty; He will maintain their cause against thee.

¹²Apply thy heart to instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

¹³Withhold not correction from a child; If thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

¹⁴Beat him thyself with the rod, And thou shalt rescue him from the underworld.

¹⁵My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart shall rejoice, even mine;

¹⁶Yea, my reins shall exult, When thy lips speak right things.

¹⁷Let not thy heart envy sinners, But continue thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long;

¹⁸For surely there shall be a reward, And thine expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise; And let thy heart go forward in the way!

²⁰Be not thou among winebibbers, And riotous eaters of flesh;

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

²²Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

²³Buy the truth, and sell it not; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.

²⁴The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; Yea, he who begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.

²⁵Let thy father and thy mother have joy; Yea, let her that bore thee rejoice!

²⁶My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways!