Proverbs 23:13-22

¹³Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

¹⁴Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

¹⁵My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:

¹⁶And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.

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

¹⁸Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.

²⁰Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:

²¹Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

²²Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.