Proverbs 23:30-35

30 -- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

32 at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

34 and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

35 -- ''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

Proverbs 23:30-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'late.'
• [b]. Or 'in result;' lit. 'in its end:' as ver. 18.