19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
20. Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22. Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy 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 begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
26. My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
27. For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.