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Proverbs 23:20 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 20

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:Proverbs 23:20 · King James Version

Proverbs 23:20 in context

18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Commentary

Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have, I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28

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