Proverbs 23:21-23

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²¹for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

²²Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
²³Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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