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Proverbs 23:31

TemptationSelf-control

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.

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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BSB
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
KJV
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
WEB
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
ASV
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
DARBY
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
BLB
Do not look [at] the wine when it is red, when it gives forth its eye in the cup—it goes down with smoothness!
ÅB
Se ikke til vinen, hvor rød den er, hvordan den perler i begeret, hvor lett den går ned!
OTB
La deg ikke fange av vinen når den er rød, når den glitrer i begeret, når den glir ned lett;
B1930
Se ikke til vinen, hvor rød den er, hvorledes den perler i begeret, hvor lett den går ned!

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Cross references

  • 1 John 2:16

    For 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.

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  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

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  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    One 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.

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  • Proverbs 6:25

    Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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  • Mark 9:47

    And 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,

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  • Job 33:1

    “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

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  • Matthew 5:28–30

    But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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