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Proverbs 23:13-27 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

13. Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die.

14. You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from sheol.

15. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

16. Yea, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

17. Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

18. For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.

19. Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

20. Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:

21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

22. Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

23. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

24. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.

25. Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice.

26. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

27. For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a seductress is a narrow well.

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