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Proverbs 23:29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
from Saying 19, Proverbs 23:29-35
What it says

Woe, sorrow, strife, complaints, needless wounds, and bloodshot eyes belong to the drunkard.

What it is doing

This verse opens the saying by listing the misery attached to wine.

In context

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? 30Those who linger over wine, 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, 32In the end it bites like a snake 33Your eyes will see strange things, 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas 35“They struck me, but I feel no pain!