18. For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.
19. Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way [of the Lord].
20. Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat, [Isa. 5:22; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 5:18.]
21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22. Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
23. Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding.
24. The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him.
25. Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice.