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"They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don`t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
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The Numbness of Sin
Commentators explain that this verse captures the drunkard's own words. He is so stupefied that he is insensible to the beatings he receives. Scholars like Matthew Henry note this illustrates a deeper spiritual truth: sin numbs a person not only to physical danger but also to the corrective judgments of God, creating a false sense of security while in grave peril.
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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
They have stricken me, and I was not sick.— The drunken man feels no blows or ill-treatment.
When shall…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They have stricken me, [you shall say, and] I was not sick , &c.] Or "grieved not" F24 ; or was not wound…
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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. …
