Proverbs 23:34
So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea,—or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
33Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33and, blessed, be thy discreet judgment, and, blessed, be thou thyself,—who hast kept me, this day, from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving myself, with mine own hand.
1 Samuel 30:16So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land,—eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
1 Kings 16:9Then conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots,—as 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 dignitaries, to desire strong drink,
Matthew 24:38For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,—until the day Noah entered into the ark;
Luke 21:34But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy—with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly,
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 →