Proverbs 23:27-35

27 fovea enim profunda est meretrix et puteus angustus aliena

28 insidiatur in via quasi latro et quos incautos viderit interficit

29 cui vae cuius patri vae cui rixae cui foveae cui sine causa vulnera cui suffusio oculorum

30 nonne his qui morantur in vino et student calicibus epotandis

31 ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit cum splenduerit in vitro color eius ingreditur blande

32 sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber et sicut regulus venena diffundet

33 oculi tui videbunt extraneas et cor tuum loquetur perversa

34 et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari et quasi sopitus gubernator amisso clavo

35 et dices verberaverunt me sed non dolui traxerunt me et ego non sensi quando evigilabo et rursum vina repperiam

Proverbs 23:27-35 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.