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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verse 21

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20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
King James Version
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
American Standard Version
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
New English Translation
because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
World English Bible
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in 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.
31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.