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Proverbs 23:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 23:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.(A)
22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(B)
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(C)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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