Proverbs 23:15-21

New King James Version

¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
¹⁶ Yes, my ^[a]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak right things.

^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 ^[b]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.