Proverbs 23:35
“They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.”

What does Proverbs 23:35 mean?
Proverbs 23:35 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Proverbs that…
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Proverbs 23:35 (KJV) states, "They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again." This verse captures one of the profound struggles that many believers encounter—the alluring yet…
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