¹⁹ Hear, my son, and ^(A)be wise,
    and ^(B)direct your heart in the way.
²⁰ Be not among ^(C)drunkards^[a]
    or among ^(D)gluttonous eaters of meat,
²¹ for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and ^(E)slumber will clothe them with rags.

^29 (A)Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
    Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has ^(B)wounds without cause?
    Who has ^(C)redness of eyes?
³⁰ Those who ^(D)tarry long over wine;
    those who go to try ^(E)mixed wine.
³¹ Do not look at wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup
    and goes down smoothly.
³² In the end it ^(F)bites like a serpent
    and stings like an adder.
³³ Your eyes will see strange things,
    and your heart utter ^(G)perverse things.
³⁴ You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,
    like one who lies on the top of a mast.^[a]
35 “They ^(H)struck me,” you will say,^[b] “but I was not hurt;
    they beat me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake?
    I ^(I)must have another drink.”