Proverbs 23:30

It is those who drink a lot of wine, who try drinking other kinds of strong drinks.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29I will tell you [RHQ] what kind of people are always miserable and sad. I will tell you [RHQ] which people are always causing arguments/quarrels and who are always complaining. I will tell you [RHQ] who are injured in fights and whose eyes are always red/bloodshot.

31Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is poured out into cups, and which tastes good as you drink it,

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8It is as though Yahweh holds a cup in his hand; it is filled with wine that has spices mixed in it to cause those who drink it to become more drunk; and when Yahweh pours it out, he will force all the wicked people to drink it; they will drink every drop of it, which means that he will give them all the punishment that they deserve.

Proverbs 20:1Drinking a lot of wine or other strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.

Amos 6:6You drink entire bowlfuls of wine and you put expensive oils/perfumes on your bodies, but you do not grieve about your country of Israel [MTY], which is about to be destroyed.

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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