Proverbs 23:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:”
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“You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 23:34 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:8At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
- 1 Samuel 25:33Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- 1 Samuel 30:16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- 1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 1 Kings 20:16They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
- Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
- Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
- Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).