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Proverbs 23:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 23:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
20 Keep not company with [a]drunkards, nor with [b]gluttons.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall be poor, and the sleeper shall be clothed with rags.
22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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- Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew, wine-bibbers.
- Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew, devourers of flesh.
Proverbs 23:20-22
New International Version
Proverbs 23:20-22
New International Version
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(B)
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(C)
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