16. And my inmost being will exult,when your lips speak what is right.
17. Do not let your heart envy sinners,but only those who always fear the Lord;
18. For you will surely have a future,and your hope will not be cut off.
19. Hear, my son, and be wise,and guide your heart in the right way.
20. Do not join with wine bibbers,nor with those who glut themselves on meat.
21. For drunkards and gluttons come to poverty,and lazing about clothes one in rags.
22. Listen to your father who begot you,do not despise your mother when she is old.
23. Buy truth and do not sell:wisdom, instruction, understanding!
24. The father of a just person will exult greatly;whoever begets a wise son will rejoice in him.
25. Let your father and mother rejoice;let her who bore you exult.
26. My son, give me your heart,and let your eyes keep to my ways,
27. For the harlot is a deep pit,and the foreign woman a narrow well;
28. Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,and increases the number of the faithless.
29. Who scream? Who shout?Who have strife? Who have anxiety?Who have wounds for nothing?Who have bleary eyes?
30. Whoever linger long over wine,whoever go around quaffing wine.
31. Do not look on the wine when it is red,when it sparkles in the cup.It goes down smoothly,