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If you strike him with the rod, you will 1save his soul from Sheol.
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2My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
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My 3inmost being will exult when your lips speak 4what is right.
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Let not your heart 5envy sinners, but continue in 6the fear of the LORD all the day.
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Surely 7there is a future, and your 8hope will not be cut off.
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Hear, my son, and 9be wise, and 10direct your heart in the way.
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Be not among 11drunkards or among 12gluttonous eaters of meat,
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and 13slumber will clothe them with rags
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14Listen to your father who gave you life, 15and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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16Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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17The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
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18Let your father and mother be glad; let 19her who bore you rejoice.
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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
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For a prostitute is 20a deep pit; 21an adulteress is a narrow 22well.
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23She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
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24Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 25wounds without cause? Who has 26redness of eyes?
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Those who 27tarry long over wine; those who go to try 28mixed wine.
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Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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In the end it 29bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter 30perverse things.
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You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.