Proverbs 23:29

“Who hath woe? etc.] In this world and in the other, in body and soul; diseases of body, distress of mind, waste of substance, and all manner of evils and calamities; if any man has these, the drunkard has: from whoredom, the Holy Ghost proceeds to drunkenness, which generally go together; and dissuades from it, by observing the mischiefs that come by it; who hath sorrow? through pains of body, with the headache, etc. or through the agonies of the mind, and tortures of conscience, for sin committed; or through poverty and want, so Aben Ezra derives the word from one that signifies “poor”; and so it may be rendered, “who hath poverty”f639? the drunkard; (see <202321>Proverbs 23:21); who hath…”

“This picture is often sadly realized now. mixed wine--(Compare Pro 9:2; Isa 5:11).”

“Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.” Proverbs 23:18 Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality. Proverbs 23:20 Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton”…”

“23:29-35 Saying 18: This extended saying portrays the foolishness of the person who overindulges in alcohol (see 20:1).”

“Who hath woe: Pro 23:21, Pro 20:1; Sa1 25:36, Sa1 25:37; Sa2 13:28; Kg1 20:16-22; Isa 5:11, Isa 5:22; Isa 28:7, Isa 28:8; Nah 1:10; Mat 24:49, Mat 24:50; Luk 12:45, Luk 12:46; Eph 5:18 redness: Gen 49:12 Proverbs 23:30”

“The author passes from the sin of uncleanness to that of drunkenness; they are nearly related, for drunkenness excites fleshly lust; and to wallow with delight in the mire of sensuality, a man, created in the image of God, must first brutalize himself by intoxication. The Mashal in the number of its lines passes beyond the limits of the distich, and becomes a Mashal ode. 29 Whose is woe? Whose is grief? Whose are contentions, whose trouble, whose wounds without cause? Whose dimness of eyes? 30 Theirs, who sit late at the wine, Who turn in to taste mixed wine. 31 Look not on the wine as it sparkleth red, As it showeth its gleam in the cup, Glideth down with ease. 32 The end of it is that it…”