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
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Isaiah 19:14
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst of it: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work of it, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Are at their wits' end

Job 37:20
Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man shall speak, surely he will be swallowed up.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of her, and I will destroy her counsel: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

General references

Psalm 89:9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.