Proverbs 23:24-35 ▼

24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

25 Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

26 Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.

27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, And a strange woman is a narrow well.

28 Certainly she lurks as a robber, And increases the treacherous among mankind.

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has red eyes?

30 Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.

31 Do not look at wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

32 In the end it bites like a snake And stings like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will say perverse things.

34 And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

35 “They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When will I awake? I will seek another drink.”