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Proverbs 23:20-22
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 23:20-22
Contemporary English Version
20 Don't be a heavy drinker
or stuff yourself with food.
21 It will make you feel drowsy,
and you will end up poor
with only rags to wear.
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22 Pay attention to your father,
and don't neglect your mother
when she grows old.
Proverbs 23:20-22
New International Version
Proverbs 23:20-22
New International Version
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(B)
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(C)
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