¹⁹ Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
^20 (A)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.

^29 (A)Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who ^(B)has redness of eyes?
^30 (C)Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of ^(D)mixed wine.
³¹ Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it ^[a]swirls around smoothly;
³² At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
³³ Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
³⁴ Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the ^[b]midst of the sea,
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
³⁵ “They^(E) have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall ^(F)I awake, that I may seek another drink?”