PROVERBS 23:17-27

¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:

¹⁸For surely there is a reward; and thy hope shall not be cut off.

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

²⁰Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous 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; yea, 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.

²⁵Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bare thee rejoice.

²⁶My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.

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