Proverbs 23:33-34
The moral effects: it inflames passion (Genesis 19:31, Genesis 19:35), lays open the heart, produces insensibility to the greatest dangers, and debars from reformation, under the severest sufferings.
34 Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the1 midst of the sea,
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
35 “Theya have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall bI awake, that I may seek another drink?”
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall bI awake, that I may seek another drink?”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Proverbs 23:26-35
A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness (Hosea 4:11).
give me—This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented (Proverbs 8:1; Proverbs 9:3, etc.).
heart—confidence.
observe—keep.
my ways—such as I teach you (Proverbs 3:17; Proverbs 9:6).
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