Proverbs 23:19-35 reading
Listen-be wise-heart on the right path (vs 19)
Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding (vs 23, NIV).
Do not be a drunkard nor a glutton-poor (vs 21, 29-35).
Father to son-righteous son, joy to the father (vs 24-28).
Proverbs 23:19-29
[19]Listen, my child, be wise and give serious thought to the way you live.
[20]Don’t associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food.
[21]Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.
[22]Listen to your father; without him you would not exist. When your mother is old, show her your appreciation.
[23]Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense — these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell.
[24]A righteous man’s father has good reason to be happy. You can take pride in a wise son.
[25]Make your father and mother proud of you; give your mother that happiness.
[26]Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example.
[27]Prostitutes and immoral women are a deadly trap.
[28]They wait for you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful.
29 Show me someone who drinks too much, who has to try out some new drink, and I will show you someone miserable and sorry for himself, always causing trouble and always complaining. His eyes are bloodshot, and he has bruises that could have been avoided.