Holy Scripture

Proverbs 23:35

A church father on this verse
“Whence, also, the utterance of one that is stricken and yet sleeps is expressed by Solomon, who says, "They have beaten thee, and I was not pained; they have dragged me, and I felt it not. When shall I awake and again find wine?" For the soul that sleeps from the care of its solicitude is beaten and feels not pain, be…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 32

Source: Septuagint

Original

35And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; And they mocked me, and I knew it not: When will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?

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In context

33Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, Then thy mouth shall speak perverse things.

34And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, And as a pilot in a great storm.

— Proverbs 23:35 —

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