Proverbs 23 - A drunkard was beaten in a fight and didn't know it; he just wants another drink. 2025

Prov 23:29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

Prov 23:30
Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.

Prov 23:31
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

Prov 23:32
At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.

Scripture gives us a case study of a drunkard.

Prov 23:33
Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will utter perverse things.

Prov 23:34
And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

Prov 23:35
"They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."

The drunkard was beaten in a fight and did not even know it. He just wants another drink after he wakes up.