Proverbs 23:30

Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups?

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes?

31Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8You are terrible, and so, who can withstand you? From thence is your wrath.

Proverbs 20:1It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

Amos 6:6You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief 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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