Proverbs 23:28-35

28 She [is] also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.

29 To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?

30 To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.

31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.

32 {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perverse things.

34 And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

35 "They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know [it]. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."

Proverbs 23:28-35 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]. Literally "gives its eye"
• [b]. Literally "end him"
• [c]. Or "mind"