Proverbs 23:29
Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.
30Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink of their cups.
Cross References
Genesis 49:12His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Amnon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
Isaiah 28:7But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
Matthew 24:49And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink with drunkards:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →