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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verse 20

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19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
American Standard Version
Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
New English Translation
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
World English Bible
Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
22
Hearken unto 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 bare thee shall rejoice.
26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27
For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
28
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.