Proverbs 23:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
Prov 9:2 : 2 She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Amos 6:6 : 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Gen 9:21 : 21 and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 23:31-32
2 verses
85%
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Isa 5:11
79%
11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Prov 23:29
78%
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Prov 20:1
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1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Isa 24:9
77%
9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Prov 23:20-21
2 verses
77%
20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Prov 31:4-7
4 verses
76%
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes [to say], Where is strong drink?
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
Isa 5:22
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22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Hos 4:11
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11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
Isa 28:7
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7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
1 Tim 5:23
73%
23Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Hab 2:5
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5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
Prov 21:17
73%
17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Luke 5:39
72%
39And no man having drunk old [wine] {G2112} desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.
Isa 24:7
72%
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Hab 2:15
72%
15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Joel 1:5
72%
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Job 24:11
72%
11They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Prov 4:17
72%
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Isa 29:9
71%
9Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Eccl 2:3
71%
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
1 Thess 5:7
70%
7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
Isa 56:12
70%
12Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
Isa 24:11
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11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Deut 32:33
69%
33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
Hos 7:5
69%
5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.
Luke 5:37
69%
37And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.
John 2:10
69%
10and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when [men] have drunk freely, [then] that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Isa 51:21
69%
21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:
Prov 9:5
69%
5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Isa 28:1
69%
1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
Num 6:3
68%
3he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.
Ps 107:27
68%
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
Isa 1:22
68%
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
Job 24:18
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18Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
Job 12:25
68%
25They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Mark 2:22
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22And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but [they put] new wine into fresh wine-skins.
1 Sam 1:14
68%
14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.