Proverbs 23:24-34 Modern English Version (MEV)

24. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,and he who fathers a wise child will have joy of him.

25. Your father and your mother will be glad,and she who bore you will rejoice.

26. My son, give me your heart,and let your eyes observe my ways.

27. For a prostitute is a deep ditch,and a seductress is a narrow pit.

28. She also lies in wait as for a prey,and increases the transgressors among men.

29. Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has contentions? Who has babbling?Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

30. Those who tarry long at the wine,those who go to seek mixed wine.

31. Do not look on the wine when it is red,when it sparkles in the cup,when it swirls around smoothly;

32. at the last it bites like a serpent,and stings like a viper.

33. Your eyes will see strange things,and your heart will utter perverse things.

34. Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea,or as he who lies upon the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23