Proverbs 23:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 And when it was euening tide, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the Kings palace: and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe: and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
  • Matt 5:28-30 : 28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart. 29 Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  • Mark 9:47 : 47 And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out: it is better for thee to goe into the kingdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire,
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:29-30
    2 verses
    85%

    29To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes?

    30Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.

  • Prov 23:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.

    33Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.

  • Prov 20:1
    77%

    1Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.

  • Prov 23:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

    20Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.

  • Hab 2:15
    74%

    15Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, & makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities.

  • Prov 31:4-7
    4 verses
    74%

    4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

    5Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

    6Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

    7Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.

  • Isa 24:9
    74%

    9They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

  • Isa 5:11
    74%

    11Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to followe drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.

  • Hos 4:11
    73%

    11Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.

  • Isa 5:22
    72%

    22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

  • Joel 1:5
    72%

    5Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, & howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.

  • Luke 5:39
    71%

    39Also no man that drinketh olde wine, straightway desireth newe: for he sayth, The olde is more profitable.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    71%

    23Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

    17For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

  • Hab 2:5
    70%

    5Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Isa 29:9
    70%

    9Stay your selues, and wonder: they are blinde, and make you blinde: they are drunken but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drinke.

  • Deut 32:33
    70%

    33Their wine is the poyson of dragons, and the cruel gall of aspes.

  • Num 6:3
    70%

    3He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

  • Isa 28:7
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    7But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore heare nowe this, thou miserable and drunken, but not with wine.

  • Isa 24:7
    69%

    7The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merie heart, doe mourne.

  • Lev 10:9
    69%

    9Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when yee come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generations,

  • Job 24:18
    69%

    18He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.

  • Prov 4:25
    69%

    25Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyeliddes direct thy way before thee.

  • Prov 21:17
    69%

    17Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

  • Isa 27:2
    69%

    2In that daye sing of the vineyarde of redde wine.

  • Ps 75:8
    69%

    8For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

  • Eccl 2:3
    69%

    3I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.

  • Prov 6:25
    68%

    25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

  • Rom 14:21
    68%

    21It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.

  • Isa 24:11
    68%

    11There is a crying for wine in the streetes: al ioy is darkened: the mirth of the world is gone away.

  • Ezek 44:21
    68%

    21Neither shall any Priest drinke wine when they enter into the inner court.

  • Isa 1:22
    68%

    22Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water.

  • John 2:10
    68%

    10And saide vnto him, All men at the beginning set foorth good wine, and when men haue wel drunke, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept backe the good wine vntill nowe.

  • Luke 5:37
    68%

    37Also no man powreth newe wine into olde vessels: for then ye new wine wil breake the vessels, and it will runne out, and the vessels will perish:

  • Isa 28:1
    68%

    1Woe to the crowne of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beautie shall be a fading flowre, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fat, and are ouercome with wine.

  • Deut 28:39
    68%

    39Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dresse it, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate it.

  • Gen 49:12
    67%

    12His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.

  • Eph 5:18
    67%

    18And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,

  • Eccl 9:7
    67%

    7Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.