Proverbs 23:30

Those lingering by the wine, || Those going in to search out mixed wine.

Literal Standard 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? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaint? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

31Do not see wine when it shows itself red, || When it gives its color in the cup, || It goes up and down through the upright.

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8For a cup [is] in the hand of YHWH, || And the wine has foamed, || It is full of mixture, and He pours out of it, || Surely wring out its dregs, || And all the wicked of the earth drink,

Proverbs 20:1Wine [is] a scorner—strong drink [is] noisy, || And any going astray in it is not wise.

Amos 6:6Who are drinking with bowls of wine, || And anoint themselves [with] chief perfumes, || And have not been pained for the breach 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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