Proverbs 23:19-27

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

²⁰Be not amongst winebibbers; Amongst riotous 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; Also 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.

²⁵Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, And she that bare thee shall rejoice.

²⁶My son, give me thine heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.

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