Proverbs 23:35

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'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'

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  • Isa 56:12 : 12 "Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
  • Prov 26:11 : 11 Like a dog returning to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!'
  • Deut 29:19 : 19 The LORD will not be willing to forgive such a person. His anger and jealousy will burn against them, and every curse written in this scroll will fall on them. The LORD will blot out their name from under the heavens.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.'
  • 1 Cor 15:32-34 : 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.' 33 Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.' 34 Wake up righteously, and do not sin, for some are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
  • Eph 4:19 : 19 They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
  • 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."

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