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Proverbs 23:21-23
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 23:21-23
Contemporary English Version
21 It will make you feel drowsy,
and you will end up poor
with only rags to wear.
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22 Pay attention to your father,
and don't neglect your mother
when she grows old.
23 Invest in truth and wisdom,
discipline and good sense,
and don't part with them.
Proverbs 23:21-23
New International Version
Proverbs 23:21-23
New International Version
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(A)
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Saying 17
Proverbs 23:21-23
King James Version
Proverbs 23:21-23
King James Version
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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