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Proverbs 23:29-35

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29 Who has 1woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
30 Those who 2linger long over wine, Those who go to taste 3mixed wine.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles * in the cup, When it 4goes down smoothly;
32 At the last it 5bites like a serpent And stings like a 6viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will 7utter perverse things.
34 And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
35 "They 8struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will 9seek another * drink."
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Proverbs 23:29-35 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

  • 1. Isaiah 5:11, 22
  • 2. 1 Samuel 25:36; Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 28:7; Ephesians 5:18
  • 3. Psalms 75:8
  • 4. Song of Songs 7:9
  • 5. Job 20:16; Proverbs 20:1; Ephesians 5:18
  • 6. Psalms 91:13; Isaiah 11:8
  • 7. Proverbs 2:12
  • 8. Proverbs 27:22; Jeremiah 5:3
  • 9. Proverbs 26:11; Isaiah 56:12

Footnotes 7

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