37 So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.

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29 (A)Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who (B)has redness of eyes?
30 (C)Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of (D)mixed wine.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it [a]swirls around smoothly;
32 At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
34 Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the [b]midst of the sea,
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
35 “They(E) have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall (F)I awake, that I may seek another drink?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:31 goes around
  2. Proverbs 23:34 Lit. heart

21 [a]Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
(A)In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (B)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:21 Terrifying

34 For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has (A)kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely (B)by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!”

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22 (A)May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I (B)leave (C)one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”

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28 The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and (A)confusion of heart.

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