Proverbs 23:31
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Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,

Proverbs 6:25 For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

2 Samuel 11:2 In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: And he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful.

Job 33:1 Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.

Matthew 5:28-30 But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. . . .

Mark 9:47 And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire:

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but is of the world.

Context
True Riches
30Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off their cups. 31Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,32But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.…
Cross References
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,

Songs 7:9
Thy throat like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

gaze at
תֵּ֥רֶא (tê·re)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

wine
יַיִן֮ (ya·yin)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3196: Wine, intoxication

while
כִּ֪י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

it is red,
יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם (yiṯ·’ad·dām)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 119: Flush, turn rosy

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

it sparkles
יִתֵּ֣ן (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

in the cup
בַּכּ֣וֹס (bak·kō·ws)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3599: A cup, a bag for, money, weights

and goes down smoothly.
יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ (yiṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk


Additional Translations
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.

Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
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