Proverbs 23:17-23

American Standard Version

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.
²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
And despise not thy mother when she is old.
²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.