Proverbs 23:31-35 Amplified Bible (AMP)

31. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly.

32. At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

33. [Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant].

34. Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast.

35. You will say, They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality].

Proverbs 23