Prov.23.19

Oh listen, dear child--become wise; point your life in the right direction.

Prov.23.19

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

Prov.23.19

Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way.

Prov.23.19

My child, listen and be wise. Keep your heart on the right course.

Prov.23.20

Don't drink too much wine and get drunk; don't eat too much food and get fat.

Prov.23.20

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

Prov.23.20

Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Prov.23.20

Do not carouse with drunkards and gluttons,

Prov.23.21

Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, in a stupor and dressed in rags.

Prov.23.21

for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Prov.23.21

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Prov.23.21

for they are on their way to poverty. Too much sleep clothes a person with rags.

Prov.23.22

Listen with respect to the father who raised you, and when your mother grows old, don't neglect her.

Prov.23.22

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Prov.23.22

Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Prov.23.22

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don't despise your mother's experience when she is old.

Prov.23.23

Buy truth--don't sell it for love or money; buy wisdom, buy education, buy insight.

Prov.23.23

Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

Prov.23.23

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Prov.23.23

Get the truth and don't ever sell it; also get wisdom, discipline, and discernment.

Prov.23.24

Parents rejoice when their children turn out well; wise children become proud parents.

Prov.23.24

The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

Prov.23.24

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.

Prov.23.24

The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure it is to have wise children.

Prov.23.25

So make your father happy! Make your mother proud!

Prov.23.25

May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Prov.23.25

Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.

Prov.23.25

So give your parents joy! May she who gave you birth be happy.

Prov.23.26

Dear child, I want your full attention; please do what I show you.

Prov.23.26

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,

Prov.23.26

My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.

Prov.23.26

O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes delight in my ways of wisdom.

Prov.23.27

A whore is a bottomless pit; a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast.

Prov.23.27

for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Prov.23.27

For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well.

Prov.23.27

A prostitute is a deep pit; an adulterous woman is treacherous.

Prov.23.28

She'll take you for all you've got; she's worse than a pack of thieves.

Prov.23.28

Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

Prov.23.28

She also lies in wait as for a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men.

Prov.23.28

She hides and waits like a robber, looking for another victim who will be unfaithful to his wife.