Proverbs 23:17-25

¹⁷Let not thy 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 thy hope shall not be removed.

¹⁹Hear, my son, and be wise, And rightly direct the thoughts of thy 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.

²⁵Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, And let her that bore thee be glad.