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.