Proverbs 23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Cross-references
Proverbs 23:21 lists drunkenness leading to poverty — directly ties to the woes of drink in 23:29.
Proverbs 23:20 warns against being among drunkards — reinforcing the same caution against the sorrows of excessive drinking.
Proverbs 20:1 warns wine is a mocker — same theme as the sorrows and wounds from drink in 23:29.
Ephesians 5:18 directly commands not to get drunk with wine, addressing the root behavior behind the woes in Proverbs.
Isaiah 28:8 describes tables full of vomit, a vivid depiction of the shame and physical effects of drunkenness implied in Proverbs.
Isaiah 28:7 shows priests and prophets reeling from wine, illustrating the same drunken consequences as the woes in Proverbs.
Isaiah 5:22 pronounces woe on heroes at drinking wine, directly echoing the woes of drunkenness in Proverbs 23:29.
Deuteronomy 21:20 describes a stubborn, gluttonous drunkard son — directly matching the sorrow and contention that comes from drunkenness.
Habakkuk 2:5 says wine betrays the haughty man — linking drunkenness to arrogance and eventual downfall.
In Hosea 7:5, princes are inflamed with wine — showing how drunkenness corrupts leaders and brings shame.
Isaiah 28:1 pronounces woe on the drunkards of Ephraim — directly echoing the sorrow and judgment associated with wine.
In 1 Kings 16:9, King Elah is assassinated while drunk — showing the vulnerability and deadly consequences of wine.
In Genesis 19:33, Lot's daughters get him drunk to commit incest — illustrating the moral disaster and shame drunkenness brings.
1 Kings 20:16-22 describes Ben-hadad drinking himself drunk, leading to defeat — echoes the woe from drunkenness in 23:29.
2 Samuel 13:28 uses wine to make Amnon merry before murder — connects to wounds without cause from drink in 23:29.
1 Samuel 25:37 describes Nabal's heart dying after drunkenness — illustrating the sorrow and wounds of 23:29.
1 Samuel 25:36 shows Nabal drunken at a feast — a narrative example of the drunkenness that brings woe in 23:29.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 recounts seeking pleasure in wine — a futile pursuit that echoes the emptiness behind the woe of drunkenness.
Nahum 1:10 compares judgment to drunkards consumed, using drunkenness as an image of vulnerability seen in Proverbs.
Matthew 24:49 depicts a servant eating and drinking with drunkards, a behavior that leads to the sorrows described in Proverbs.
Luke 12:45 similarly has a servant getting drunk, linking to the drunkenness that brings woe in Proverbs.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 associates drunkenness with night, mirroring the nighttime woes of the drunkard in Proverbs 23:29.
1 Peter 4:3 lists drunkenness among pagan vices, illustrating the sinful lifestyle behind the sorrows in Proverbs 23:29.