SUMMARY
Proverbs 23:29-35 describes alcoholic addiction through questions, admonitions, and an extended parabolic description.
ANALYSIS
Proverbs 23:29-35 is descriptive and prescriptive, teaching in much the same way as JesusJesus is the Messiah whose life, death, and resurrection are God's saving act for humanity. More often taught. The reader is invited into the experience of one who drinks too much wine. These verses paint a picture so compelling that the reader cannot help but recognize the truth of the description, to understand the consequences, and to live within the telling. The advice is found within both the description and the recognition.
