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Proverbs 23:31
Proverbs 23:31 is verse 31 of Proverbs chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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.
World English Bible
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
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Proverbs 23:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31 Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Job 33:1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
Mark 9:47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.