Proverbs 23:30

Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause?

31Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:1Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.

Amos 6:6They drinke wine in bowles, and annoynt them selues with chiefe ointmentes: but no man is sorie for the affliction of Ioseph.

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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