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Proverbs 23:12 (NIV)
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (NIV)
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Proverbs 23:14 (NIV)
Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
Proverbs 23:15 (NIV)
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
Proverbs 23:16 (NIV)
my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:17 (NIV)
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord .
Proverbs 23:18 (NIV)
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:19 (NIV)
Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:
Proverbs 23:20 (NIV)
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
Proverbs 23:21 (NIV)
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23:22 (NIV)
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:23 (NIV)
Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
Proverbs 23:24 (NIV)
The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
Proverbs 23:25 (NIV)
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
Proverbs 23:26 (NIV)
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
Proverbs 23:27 (NIV)
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Proverbs 23:28 (NIV)
Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 23:29 (NIV)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 (NIV)
Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:31 (NIV)
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
Proverbs 23:32 (NIV)
In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
Proverbs 23:33 (NIV)
Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Proverbs 23:34 (NIV)
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
Proverbs 23:35 (NIV)
“They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt! They beat me, but I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”
Proverbs 24:1 (NIV)
Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;