Proverbs 23:31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30Those who tarry long at the wine. Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
32At the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
1 John 2:16Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:30-35
Cautions against Intemperance. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou… Read the whole commentary →