“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine” (Joel 1:5). “For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty” (Proverbs 23:21).
"Laodicean lukewarmness loves to be left peaceful, quiet, undisturbed... Laodiceans have an alibi at every turn. So well fortified, how can God get at us?"
A virtuous woman exudes an aura of quietness and confidence even in the midst of direly vexatious circumstances, because she knows she is in God’s perfect will.