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1Listen to your father who gave you life, 2and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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3Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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4The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
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5Let your father and mother be glad; let 6her 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 7a deep pit; 8an adulteress is a narrow 9well.
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10She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
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11Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 12wounds without cause? Who has 13redness of eyes?
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Those who 14tarry long over wine; those who go to try 15mixed 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 16bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter 17perverse 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.
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"They 18struck me," you will say,"but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I 19must have another drink."