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35They 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 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 29-35)Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Prov. 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Prov. 23:31): Look not thou upon the wine when it is red . Red wine was in Canaan looked upon as the best wine, it is therefore called the blood of the grape . Critics judge of wine, among other indications, by the co...
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