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Proverbs 23:35

King James Version (KJV)

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Proverbs 23:35

Verse 35 of 35

Scripture focus

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.

Proverbs 23:35 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 23:35

Theological / Devotional

I was not sick. The drunkard may be speaking to himself, or he may be replying to the chiding of a friend. He admits the quarrels, but claims that he suffered no harm. He is dimly aware of the disabilities he has suffered in the impairment of his faculties, yet he longs for the time when he will have recovered enough from his irresistible drowsiness so that he can start the process all over again. Truly such a man is the slave of the master he has chosen (see Rom. 6:16), but God is able to release him from that servitude (see Rom. 6:18 ; 7:23-25).

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