Proverbs 23:31

Don’t look at the wine when it is red, 2 when it sparkles in the cup, 2 when it goes down smoothly. 1

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In The King James Version

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

In Context

30Those who stay long at the wine; 2 those who go to seek out mixed wine. 1

32In the end, it bites like a snake, 2 and poisons like a viper. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 119:37ה ( Ha'a'beir, Turn away) Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. 2 Revive me in your ways. 1

Matthew 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has moicheuo ·committed adultery· with her already in his heart.

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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