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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the σmidst
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, or as he that lieth
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the top
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of a mast
chibbel (Hebrew #2260)
a mast
KJV usage: mast.
Pronounce: khib-bale'
Origin: from 2254 (in the sense of furnished with ropes)
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σ
heart.

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Ministry on This Verse

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thou.
1 Sam. 25:33‑38• 33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
 34For in very deed, as Jehovah God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light a single soul.
 35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
 36{i}And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.{/i}
 37{i}And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.{/i}
 38{i}And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.{/i} (1 Sam. 25:33‑38)
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1 Sam. 30:16‑17• 16{i}And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.{/i}
 17{i}And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.{/i} (1 Sam. 30:16‑17)
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2 Sam. 13:28• 28{i}And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.{/i} (2 Sam. 13:28)
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1 Kings 16:9• 9{i}And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; and he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was the steward of his house in Tirzah;{/i} (1 Kings 16:9)
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1 Kings 20:16‑22• 16{i}And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.{/i}
 17{i}And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.{/i}
 18{i}And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.{/i}
 19{i}And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed them.{/i}
 20{i}And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.{/i}
 21{i}And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.{/i}
 22{i}And the prophet drew near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and understand, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.{/i} (1 Kings 20:16‑22)
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Joel 1:5• 5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. (Joel 1:5)
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Matt. 24:38• 38for as in those days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark, (Matt. 24:38)
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Luke 17:27‑29• 27they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them].
 28And in like manner as took place in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all [of them]: (Luke 17:27‑29)
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Luke 21:34• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares, (Luke 21:34)
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1 Thess. 5:2‑7• 2For yourselves know thoroughly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief at night.
 3When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief;
 5for ye all are sons of light and sons of day: we are not of night nor of darkness.
 6So, then, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
 7For they that sleep sleep by night, and they that are drunk drink by night; (1 Thess. 5:2‑7)
midst.
Heb. heart.
Ex. 15:8• 8{i}And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up;{HR}The streams stood as a mound;{HR}The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:8)
• The inebriate is like a man endeavoring to lie down in the heart of the waves of the sea, or like one who tries to sleep upon the mast head. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

W. Kelly Translation

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Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,{HR}And as he that lieth down on the top of a mast.