Proverbs 23:13-25

New King James Version

^13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
¹⁴ You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from ^[a]hell.

¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
¹⁶ Yes, my ^[b]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak right things.

^17 (B)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But ^(C)be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
^18 (D)For surely there is a ^[c]hereafter,
And your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁹ Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
^20 (E)Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

^22 (F)Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

^23 (G)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

^24 (H)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
²⁵ Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.