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Proverbs 23:10-21 New King James Version (NKJV)

10. Do not remove the ancient landmark,Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

11. For their Redeemer is mighty;He will plead their cause against you.

12. Apply your heart to instruction,And your ears to words of knowledge.

13. 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 hell.

15. My son, if your heart is wise,My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;

16. Yes, my inmost being will rejoiceWhen your lips speak right things.

17. Do not let your heart envy sinners,But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;

18. For surely there is a hereafter,And your hope will not be cut off.

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

20. 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.

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