Proverbs 23:33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
In Context
32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
Daniel 5:4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Jude 1:12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together [with you] without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by [the] winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
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 →