Proverbs 23:15-28

¹⁵My son, if thine heart be wise, My heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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

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

¹⁸For surely there is an end; And thine expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thine heart in the way.

²⁰Be not amongst winebibbers; Amongst riotous eaters of flesh:

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

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

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

²⁴The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: And he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

²⁵Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, And she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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

²⁷For a whore is a deep ditch; And a strange woman is a narrow pit.

²⁸She also lieth in wait as for a prey, And increaseth the transgressors among men.