Proverbs 23:29-35

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁹ Who has trouble?
Who has misery?
Who has quarrels?
Who has a complaint?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
³⁰ Those who drink glass after glass of wine
and mix it with everything.
³¹ Do not look at wine
because it is red,
because it sparkles in the cup,
because it goes down smoothly.
³² Later it bites like a snake
and strikes like a poisonous snake.
³³ Your eyes will see strange sights,
and your mouth will say embarrassing things.
³⁴ You will be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea
or like someone lying down on top of a ship’s mast, saying,
³⁵ “They strike me, but I feel no pain.
They beat me, but I’m not aware of it.
Whenever I wake up, I’m going to look for another drink.”