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19 Listen, my son, and be wise,
    and keep your heart on the right path!
20 Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,
    or those who gorge themselves on meat:
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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19 Listen, my son, and (A)be wise,
And (B)direct your heart in the way.
20 Do not be with (C)heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with (D)gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the (E)heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And (F)drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

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