New English Translation

Proverbs 23:21-24 New English Translation (NET)

21. because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished,and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

22. Listen to your father who begot you,and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23. Acquire truth and do not sell it – wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

24. The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly;whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.