Bible Verses About Young Men

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”