Proverbs 23:31
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
30Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
32In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Matthew 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
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 →