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Proverbs 23:30
30Those who linger long over wine, who go looking for mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Context of Proverbs 23:30
28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has bruises for no reason? Who has red eyes? Those who linger long over wine, who go looking for mixed wine. 31Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it glides down smoothly. 32In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:30 word by word
לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:30
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is unwise.
- Genesis 9:21He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning— so they may pursue liquor, who stay up late at night, until wine inflames them!
- Amos 6:6drinking wine from bowls, anointing with choice ointments— yet they are not sickened over the breakdown of Joseph.
- Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk on wine, for that is recklessness. Instead, be filled with the Ruach,
- Proverbs 9:2She has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- Psalms 75:8For God is the Judge: He lowers one and lifts up another.
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-35Verses 15-35 Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple‘s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-35Verses 29-35 Solomon warns against drunkenness. Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. Foresee the punishment, what it will at last end in, if repentance prevent not. It makes men quarrel. Drunkards wilfully make woe and sorrow for themselves. It makes men impure and insolent. The tongue grows unruly; the heart utters things contrary to reason, religion, and common…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-35Saying 18: This saying highlights the foolishness of someone who drinks too much alcohol (see Proverbs 20:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-3526-35. A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness (Ho 4:11). give me--This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented (Pr 8:1; 9:3, &c.). heart--confidence. observe--keep. my ways--such as I teach you (Pr 3:17; 9:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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