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Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
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Dangerously Unaware
Commentators agree that this verse paints a picture of a drunkard's complete insensibility to peril. Like someone foolishly sleeping on a ship's mast during a storm or in the open sea, the intoxicated person is in mortal danger but feels secure. This illustrates how drunkenness creates a false sense of safety while leading to destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
(Proverbs 23:16) The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s hea…
19th Century
Anglican
As he that lieth down in the midst of the sea.—And so would inevitably be drowned if he trusted to its smooth, glassy app…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea Not in the open sea, and the waves of it, there fluctuat…
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Solomon warns against drunkenness. Those who would be kept from sin must avoid all its beginnings and fear coming within reach of its allurements. …
