Proverbs 23:17-26

¹⁷Thine heart pursue or follow not sinners; but be thou in the dread of the Lord all day.

¹⁸For thou shalt have hope at the last, and thine abiding shall not be done away.

¹⁹My son, hear thou, and be wise, and address thy soul in the way.

²⁰Do not thou be in the feasts of drinkers, neither in the oft eatings of them, that bring together fleshes to eat.

²¹For men giving attention to drinks, and giving morsels together, shall be wasted, and napping shall be clothed with clothes rent.

²²Hear thy father, that begat thee; and despise not thy mother, when she is eld.

²³Buy thou truth, and do not thou sell wisdom, and doctrine, and understanding.

²⁴The father of a just or rightwise man joyeth full out with joy; he that begat a wise man, shall be glad in him.

²⁵Thy father and thy mother have joy, and he that begat thee, make full out joy.

²⁶My son, give thine heart to me, and thine eyes keep my ways.