Proverbs 23:30

Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them + 23:30 Gr. in public walks. openly.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid?

31For if you should set your eyes on bowls and cups, you shall afterwards go more naked than a pestle.

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8You did cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 1

Proverbs 20:1Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.

Amos 6:6who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity 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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