Proverbs 23:16-31

¹⁶Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

¹⁷Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.

¹⁸Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁹Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

²⁰Don’t be amongst ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;

²¹for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

²²Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

²³Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

²⁴The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

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

²⁶My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

²⁷For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

²⁸Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful amongst men.

²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

³⁰Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

³¹Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.