Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

Are at their wits' end

General references

Bible References

Stagger

Job 12:25
and grope in the dark without light, staggering to and fro like drunken men.
Isaiah 19:14
For the LORD hath made Egypt drunken with the spirit of error, and they shall use it in all matters: even like as a drunken man goeth spewing about.
Isaiah 29:9
Ponder these things once in your mind, and wonder: Blinded are they themselves, and the blind guides of others; they are drunken, but not with wine; they are unstable, but not through strong drink.

Are at their wits' end

Job 37:20
Shall it be told him what I say? Should a man speak, or should he keep it back?
Isaiah 19:3
And Egypt shall be choked in herself. When they ask counsel at their idols, at their sorcerors, at their soothsayers and witches: then will I bring their counsel to naught.

General references

Psalm 89:9
Thou rulest the pride of the sea; thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise.