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Proverbs 23:34
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas
from Saying 19, Proverbs 23:29-35
What it says

You will be like one sleeping on the sea or atop a mast.

What it is doing

This verse pictures the instability and danger of the drunkard's state.

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!