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Surely 1there is a future, and your 2hope will not be cut off.
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Hear, my son, and 3be wise, and 4direct your heart in the way.
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Be not among 5drunkards or among 6gluttonous eaters of meat,
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and 7slumber will clothe them with rags
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8Listen to your father who gave you life, 9and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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10Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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11The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
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12Let your father and mother be glad; let 13her who bore you rejoice.
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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
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For a prostitute is 14a deep pit; 15an adulteress is a narrow 16well.
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17She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
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18Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 19wounds without cause? Who has 20redness of eyes?
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Those who 21tarry long over wine; those who go to try 22mixed wine.
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Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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In the end it 23bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter 24perverse things.
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You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
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"They 25struck me," you will say,"but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I 26must have another drink."