Proverbs 23:17-23
New King James Version
17 (A)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But (B)be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
18 (C)For surely there is a [a]hereafter,
And your hope will not be cut off.
19 Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
20 (D)Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22 (E)Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (F)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:18 Future, lit. latter end
Proverbs 23:17-23
21st Century King James Version
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners, but be thou in fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is a reward, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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