THEOSISProverbs 23:34Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep when the stern is lost.
וְ֭הָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּלֶב־יָ֑ם וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּרֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Thess 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.
- 1 Thess 5:7For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
- Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.
- Matt 24:38For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark:
- 2 Sam 13:28And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Ammon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.
- Joel 1:5Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take delight in drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.
- 1 Sam 25:33And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.
- 1 Sam 25:38And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.