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13 Thou shalt not withhold instruction from youth: if thou shalt strike him with a rod he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt strike him with the rod, and thou shalt deliver his soul from hades. 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 And my reins shall exult in the speaking of thy lips uprightnesses. 17 Thy heart shall not envy against those sinning: but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day. 18 But there is a latter state, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart right in the way. 20 Thou shalt not be with those drinking wine to excess, and with squanderers of flesh to them: 21 For the drunkard and the squanderer shall be dispossessed: and slumber shall clothe with rags. 22 Hear to thy father that begat thee, and thou shalt not despise thy mother when growing old. 23 Buy the truth, and thou shalt not sell wisdom and instruction and understanding. 24 The father of the just one rejoicing, shall rejoice: he shall beget a wise one and shall rejoice in him. 25 Thy father shall rejoice, and thy mother, and she begetting thee shall exult. 26 My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way. 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a strong woman a narrow well. 28 She also will lie in wait as for prey, and she will add those transgressing among men. 29 To whom wo? to whom want? to whom strife? to whom complaint? to whom wounds gratuitously? to whom dark flashings of the eyes? 30 To those remaining at the wine; to those going to seek mixed wine. 31 Thou shalt not look upon wine when it shall be red, when it shall give its eye in the cup, it will go about in uprightnesses. 32 Its latter state it will bite as serpent, and sting as a viper. 33 Thine eyes shall see strange women, and thy heart shall speak perverseness. 34 And thou wert as he lying down in the heart of the sea, and as he lying down upon the head of the mast. 35 They struck me, I was not pained; they beat me, I knew not: when shall I awake? I will add, I will yet seek it. Proverbs 23:13-35, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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