Proverbs 23:10-27

¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹¹for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.

¹²Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

¹³Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

¹⁴For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.

¹⁵Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart;

¹⁶and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

¹⁸For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.

¹⁹Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.

²⁰Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:

²¹for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.

²²Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.

²⁴A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.

²⁵Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

²⁶My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

²⁷For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.