Proverbs 23:17-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁷ Do not allow your heart to envy sinners.
Instead, always fear the Lord.
¹⁸ Indeed, there is a future,
and your hope will never be cut off.

¹⁹ Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the straight way.
²⁰ Do not be among those who drink too much wine,
or those who eat too much meat,
²¹ because a drunk and a glutton will become poor,
and drunken stupor dresses a person in rags.

²² Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
²³ Buy truth and do not sell it.
Buy wisdom, discipline, and knowledge.