Proverbs 23:20-29

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 begot 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 will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

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

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

²⁷For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

²⁸She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.

²⁹Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? who hath contentions? who hath raving? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?