Proverbs 23:31
Do not look on the wine when it looketh red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it glideth down so readily.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
30They that tarry late over the wine: they that come to seek for mixed drink.
32At the last it will bite like a serpent, and like a basilisk will it sting.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it happened at evening-tide, that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and he saw from the roof a woman bathing herself; and the woman was of a very beautiful appearance.
Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life.
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 →