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Proverbs 23:35 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Proverbs 23:35 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 23 verse 35 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They 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. I felt: Heb. I knew it not”
Proverbs 23:35 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 23:35
This verse concludes the drunkenness warning with tragic irony. The drunk speaks: 'They have stricken me... and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not' (הִכּוּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי הֲלָמוּנִי בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי/hikkuni val-chaliti halamuni val-yada'ti, they struck me—I didn't become ill; they beat me—I didn't know it) describes alcohol's numbing effect. Physical harm goes unfelt due to intoxication. This seems advantageous but is actually dangerous—pain signals injury requiring attention. The drunk's final words reveal addiction: 'when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again' (מָתַי אָ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 23:35
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“don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them”
“[say they]”
“yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.”
“what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised”
“so is a fool who repeats his folly.”
“The dog turns to his own vomit again,{Proverbs 26:11} and the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
“You have chastised me”
“when he hears the words of this curse”
“to work all uncleanness with greediness.”
“joy and gladness”