Proverbs chapter 23 from my Old Testament reading today appears to me as a poem depicting the never-ending whirlpool into which a drunkard descends.
- Proverbs 23:29 - 35 WEB World English Bible
- 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- 30 Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
- 31 Don't look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly:
- 32 At the last it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.
- 33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things.
- 34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
- 35 'They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.'
In the New Testament, Ephesians 5:18 tells us not to be drunk with wine, but instead to be filled with the Spirit of God.
- Ephesians 5:18 KJV King James Version
- And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Brothers and Sisters in Iesus the Anointed One, let us never drunk with wine. Instead let us always be full of the Spirit of God the Father Almighty.
