18. For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
19. Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
20. Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:
21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22. Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
23. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.