King James 2000

Proverbs 23:16-25 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

16. Yea, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

17. Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

18. For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.

19. Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

20. Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:

21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

22. Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your 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 shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.

25. Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice.