17. Don’t let your heart envy sinners,but fear the Lord constantly;
18. then you will have a future,and your hope won’t be cut off.
19. Listen, my child, and be wise!Keep your mind straight on the path.
20. Don’t hang out with those who get drunk on wineor those who eat too much meat,
21. because drunks and gluttons will be impoverished;their stupor will clothe them in rags.
22. Listen to your father, who gave you life;don’t despise your elderly mother.
23. Buy truth and don’t sell it;buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24. The father of the righteous will be very happy;the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.
25. Your father and your mother will rejoice;she who gave you birth will be happy.
26. My child, give your mind to meand let your eyes keep to my path.
27. A prostitute is a deep pit,and a foreign woman is a narrow well.
28. Indeed, she ambushes like a robberand increases the number of the faithless.
29. Who is suffering?Who is uneasy?Who has arguments?Who has complaints?Who has unnecessary wounds?Who has glazed eyes?—
30. those who linger over wine;those who go looking for mixed wine.
31. Don’t look at wine when it is red,when it sparkles in the cup,going down smoothly.
32. In the end, it bites like a snakeand poisons like a viper.
33. Your eyes will see strange things,and your heart will speak distorted words.