Proverbs 23:29-35 – The Dangers of Wine

BIBLE TEXT

Proverbs 23:29-35

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 Jesus 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.