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13 Withhold not correction from the child; For though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Thou beatest him with the rod, And wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world. 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine; 16 Yea, my reins will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. 17 Let not thy heart envy sinners, But be in the fear of the LORD all the day; 18 For surely there is a future; And thy hope shall not be cut off. 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; Among gluttonous eaters of flesh; 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 begot 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 will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. 25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bore thee rejoice. 26 My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And an alien woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the faithless among men. 29 Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? Who hath contentions? who hath raving? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to try mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it giveth its colour in the cup, When it glideth down smoothly; 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like a basilisk. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter confused things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have struck me, and I felt it not, They have beaten me, and I knew it not; When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.' Proverbs 23:13-35, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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