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Proverbs 23:20-22
New International Reader's Version
Proverbs 23:20-22
New International Reader's Version
20 Don’t join those who drink too much wine.
Don’t join those who stuff themselves with meat.
21 Those who drink or eat too much will become poor.
If they sleep too much, they’ll have to wear rags.
Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life.
Don’t hate your mother when she is 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)
Proverbs 23:20-22
King James Version
Proverbs 23:20-22
King James Version
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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.
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