Proverbs 23:29-35

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason?^[a] Who has red eyes?

30 Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.^[b]

31 Don't gaze at wine when it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.^[c]

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

33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say absurd things.^[d]

34 You'll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship's mast.

35 "They struck me, but^[e] I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn't know it!^[f] When will I wake up? I'll look for another [drink]."^[g]

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.

Footnotes

• [a] Pr 23:35
• [b] Isa 5:11
• [c] Sg 7:9
• [d] Or will speak perversities or inverted things
• [e] LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read me," you will say, "But
• [f] Pr 23:29
• [g] Eph 5:18