Holy Scripture
Proverbs 23:26
A church father on this verse
“If you don't give yourself, you will lose yourself. Charity herself speaks through wisdom and tells you something to save you from panicking at being told, "Give yourself." If anyone wanted to sell you a farm he would say to you, "Give me your gold," and if it was something else, "Give me your coppers," "Give me your…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
26My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.
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24A righteous father brings up his children well; And his soul rejoices over a wise son.
25Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, And let her that bore thee be glad.
— Proverbs 23:26 —
27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; And a strange well is narrow.
28For such a one shall perish suddenly; And every transgressor shall be cut off.