^{19 Ref} Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

^{20 Ref} Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

^{21 Ref} For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

^{22 Ref} Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

^{23 Ref} Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

^{19 Ref} Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

^{20 Ref} Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

^{21 Ref} For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

^{22 Ref} Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

^{23 Ref} Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,