21. for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.
22. Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23. Acquire truth and do not sell it, acquire wisdom, instruction and understanding.
24. The father of a righteous one rejoices greatly. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25. Let your father and your mother be glad, let she who bore you rejoice!
26. My son, give your heart to me, and let your eyes observe my ways.
27. For a prostitute is a deep pit, an adulterous woman is a narrow pit.
28. Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29. Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has bruises for no reason? Who has red eyes?
30. Those who linger long over wine, who go looking for mixed wine.
31. Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it glides down smoothly.
32. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper.
33. Your eyes will see strange things. Your heart will utter perverse things.
34. Then you will be like one lying down in the heart of the sea, or sprawled on the top of a mast.
35. “They hit me! But I was not hurt. They beat me up! But I did not feel it. When will I wake up? I will look for another drink.”