29Who are the people who are always crying the blues? Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? Who keeps getting beat up for no reason at all? Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot?
30It''s those who spend the night with a bottle, for whom drinking is serious business.
Proverbs 23 is a collection of sayings that function like a father's urgent counsel to a son navigating a world of temptation. The chapter warns against the seductions of wealth, the intoxication of wine, and the allure of the "easy path" that leads to ruin. It calls for discipli
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