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21 For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor,
    and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.
22 Listen to your father—he who gave you life,[a]
    and do not despise your mother when[b] she is old.
23 Buy truth and do not sell it,
    wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:22 Literally “caused you to be born”
  2. Proverbs 23:22 Or “for, because”