Proverbs 23:35
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 23
4 songs meet this passage
Lighters Up · Lil' Kim
resonates with Proverbs 23:35
This captures the same cycle Proverbs describes: resolving to stop and immediately reaching for more, numb to the pattern.
“Always tryna send me off to rehab”
The Hills · The Weeknd
strains against Proverbs 23:29-35
Proverbs names the cycle of drunkenness and craving for more as misery, while the narrator dismisses help and romanticizes the relapse.
“he lives with the bottle”
Fast Car · Luke Combs
strains against Proverbs 23:29-35
The father's drinking and its toll on the family illustrates the very warning Proverbs gives about the bottle's cost to those who depend on him.
“when you're high, you never ever wanna come down”
Welcome To The Jungle · Guns N' Roses
resonates with Proverbs 23:32-35
Captures the same cycle of craving more after the high, numb to the danger it brings.
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