20. Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
21. For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,and grogginess will clothe them in rags.
22. Listen to your father who gave you life,and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23. Buy — and do not sell — truth,wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24. The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25. Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
26. My son, give me your heart,and let your eyes observe my ways.
27. For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a stranger is a narrow well;
28. indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
29. Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
30. Those who linger over wine,those who go looking for mixed wine.
31. Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, when it gleams in the cupand goes down smoothly.
32. In the end it bites like a snakeand stings like a viper.
33. Your eyes will see strange things,and you will say absurd things.