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Proverbs 23:17-23
New International Version
Proverbs 23:17-23
New International Version
Saying 15
17 Do not let your heart envy(A) sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
18 There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.(B)
Saying 16
19 Listen, my son,(C) and be wise,
and set your heart on the right path:
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(D)
or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(E)
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Saying 17
Proverbs 23:17-23
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 23:17-23
New American Standard Bible
17 (A)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in [a]the (B)fear of the Lord [b]always.
18 Certainly there is a [c](C)future,
And your (D)hope will not be cut off.
19 Listen, my son, and (E)be wise,
And (F)direct your heart in the way.
20 Do not be with (G)heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with (H)gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the (I)heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And (J)drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
22 (K)Listen to your father, who fathered you,
And (L)do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (M)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:17 Or reverence for
- Proverbs 23:17 Lit all the day
- Proverbs 23:18 Lit latter end
Proverbs 23:17-23
King James Version
Proverbs 23:17-23
King James Version
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall 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; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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