Proverbs 23:34
Yea, thou shall be as he who lays down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lays upon the top of a mast.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
1 Samuel 30:16And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of
1 Kings 16:9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?
Matthew 24:38For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until that day Noah entered into the ark.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:30-35
Cautions against Intemperance. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou… Read the whole commentary →