¹⁷ Let not thy heart envy sinners;
But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
¹⁸ For surely there is a ^[a]reward;
And thy hope shall not be cut off.
¹⁹ Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
And guide thy heart in the way.
²⁰ Be not among winebibbers,
Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty;
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

24 Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
² For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.