21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23. Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25. Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bare thee rejoice.
26. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.
27. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28. Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30. They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek out mixed wine.
31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.
32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.