Proverbs 23:19-29

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

²⁰Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

²¹For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

²²Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

²³Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

²⁴The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

²⁵Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

²⁶Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

²⁷For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.

²⁸She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

²⁹Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?