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Proverbs 23:13-31 Webster Bible Translation (WBT)

13. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

15. My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

16. Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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

18. For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.

20. Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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

22. Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy 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 begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

25. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.

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

27. For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

28. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

30. They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

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