Proverbs 23:31

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Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

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  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 But now, Job, please listen to my words and pay attention to all I have to say.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.
  • Matt 5:28-30 : 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear 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. 30 And 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 go into hell.
  • Mark 9:47 : 47 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 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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    29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

    30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.

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    32 In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

    33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

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    19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

    20 Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

    21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • 15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

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    4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

    5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

    6 Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

    7 Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.

  • 9 They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • 11 Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • 22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • 5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'The old is better.'

  • 23 Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

  • 17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • 5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • 9 Be astonished and amazed! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine—they stagger, but not from strong drink.

  • 33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

  • 3 they must abstain from wine and any strong drink. They must not drink vinegar made from wine or vinegar made from strong drink. They must not drink any liquid made from grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

  • 7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • 21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine.

  • 7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.

  • 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations.

  • 18 Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

  • 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

  • 17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

  • 2 On that day, sing of a delightful vineyard!

  • 8 For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.

  • 3 I explored with my heart how to cheer my body with wine, while my mind guided me with wisdom, and how to embrace folly until I could see what is good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

  • 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

  • 11 In the streets, there is an outcry over the wine; all joy turns dark, and the gladness of the earth departs.

  • 21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

  • 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.

  • 10 He said, 'Everyone brings out the choice wine first, and then the cheaper wine after the guests have drunk freely; but you have saved the best till now.'

  • 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill out, and the skins will be ruined.

  • 1 Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those overcome by wine.

  • 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink their wine or gather their grapes, for worms will eat them.

  • 12 'His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.'

  • 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.

  • 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works.