Proverbs 23:21-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 because a drunk and a glutton will become poor,
and drunken stupor dresses a person in rags.
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth and do not sell it.
Buy wisdom, discipline, and knowledge.
Proverbs 23:21-23
New International Version
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(A)
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Saying 17
Proverbs 23:21-23
King James Version
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.
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