Proverbs 23:19-25

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¹⁹ 15. Listen to me, my child. Learn to be wise and to live in a good way.

²⁰ Do not be a friend of people who become drunk. Do not be a friend of greedy people who eat too much. ²¹ People who are like that soon become poor. They sleep too much, and their clothes have holes in them.

²² 16. Listen to your father. You would not be alive without him. Continue to respect your mother when she becomes old.

²³ Truth, wisdom, good teaching and knowledge are valuable things. Buy them for yourself. Do not sell them.

²⁴ The father of a righteous person will be very happy. He will be proud of a wise child. ²⁵ So make your father and your mother proud of you. Do things that will make your mother happy.