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19 You, my child, hear and be wise,
    and direct your heart[a] on the road.
20 Do not be among drinkers of wine,
    among gluttonous eaters of their meat.[b]
21 For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor,
    and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:19 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 23:20 Literally “meat for them”