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21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become impoverished,
    and stupor will clothe them in rags.
22 Listen to your father who begot you,
    and do not despise your mother[a] when she is old.
23 Buy truth and do not sell it;
    this is wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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  1. Proverbs 23:22 Do not despise your mother: see Prov 15:20; 30:17.