Proverbs 23:20-22

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²⁰Be not among winebibbers,
or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
²¹for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

²²Hearken to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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