Proverbs 23:20-22

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁰ Don’t make friends with people who drink too much wine and eat too much food. ²¹ Those who eat and drink too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.

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²² Listen to your father. Without him, you would never have been born. Respect your mother, even when she is old.