Proverbs 23:24-35 ▼

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.

25 Do so that thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce.

26 My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes:

27 For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.

28 She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.

29 Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause?

30 Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse.

31 Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:

32 It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.

33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

34 Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship.

35 They haue beaten me shalt thou say and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again.