Proverbs 23:29-35
Saying 19
Who has trouble? Who has sorrow?
Who argues? Who has problems?
Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
Those who spend too much time with wine.
Or those who like to taste wine mixed with spices.
Don’t look at wine when it is red.
Don’t look at it when it bubbles in the cup.
And don’t look at it when it goes down smoothly.
In the end it bites like a snake.
It bites like a poisonous serpent.
Your eyes will see strange sights.
Your mind will imagine weird things.
You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean.
You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat.
“They hit me,” you will say. “But I’m not hurt!
They beat me. But I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up
so I can find another drink?”
Proverbs 24:1-4
Saying 20
Do not want what evil people have.
Don’t long to be with them.
In their hearts they plan to hurt others.
With their lips they talk about making trouble.
Saying 21
By wisdom a house is built.
Through understanding it is made secure.
Through knowledge its rooms are filled
with priceless and beautiful things.
