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Proverbs 23:21

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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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  1. Proverbs 23:19

    Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  2. Proverbs 23:20

    Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

  3. Proverbs 23:22

    Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

  4. Proverbs 23:23

    Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.