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Proverbs 23:19-21
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19 Listen, my son, and be wise
    as you direct your heart along the right path.
20 Do not consort with drunkards[a]
    or be one of those who gorge themselves with meat.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become impoverished,
    and stupor will clothe them in rags.

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  1. Proverbs 23:20 Do not consort with drunkards: see notes on verses 29-35; 20:1. Drunkenness is also condemned in Deut 21:20; Mt 24:49; Lk 21:34; Rom 13:13; 1 Cor 6:10; Gal 5:21; Eph 5:18; 1 Tim 3:3; 1 Pet 4:3.
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Proverbs 23:19-21
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Saying 16

19 Listen, my son,(A) and be wise,
    and set your heart on the right path:
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(B)
    or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(C)
    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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