Proverbs 23:13-26

¹³Do not withhold instruction from a child, for if you discipline him, he will not die.

¹⁴It is you who must beat him with the rod and save his soul from Sheol.

¹⁵My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

¹⁶my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

¹⁷Do not let your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of Yahweh all the day.

¹⁸Surely there is a future and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁹Hear—you!—my son, and be wise and direct your heart in the way.

²⁰Do not associate with drunkards, or with gluttonous eaters of meat,

²¹for the drunkard and the glutton become poor and slumber will clothe them with rags.

²²Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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

²⁴The father of the righteous person will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child will be glad in him.

²⁵Let your father and your mother be glad and let her who bore you rejoice.

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