Proverbs 23:30

Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

In Context

29Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

31Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8\75:7\But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

Proverbs 20:1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

Amos 6:6Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.

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 →

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