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Proverbs 23:22

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

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  1. Proverbs 23:20

    Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

  2. Proverbs 23:21

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

  3. Proverbs 23:23

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

  4. Proverbs 23:24

    The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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