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¹⁹Hear, my child, and be wise,
and direct your mind in the way.
²⁰Do not be among winebibbers,
or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
²¹for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe them with rags. ²²Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
²³Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
²⁴The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
²⁵Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice. ²⁶My child, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
²⁷For a prostitute is a deep pit;
an adulteress is a narrow well.