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Proverbs 23:34 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 34
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.Proverbs 23:34 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:34 in context
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- midstlêbthe heartH3820 →
- liethshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- seayâma sea or large body of waterH3220 →
- toprôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
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Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Pro 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Pro 23:31): Look not thou upon the wine when it is red.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-35