Proverbs 23:19-21 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

¹⁹Listen, my son, and be wise,

and guide your heart on the right course.

²⁰Do not join those who drink too much wine

or gorge themselves on meat.

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,

and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

— Proverbs 23:19-21

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