Proverbs 23:31
Good News Translation
Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, and it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.

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

Contemporary English Version
Don't even look at that colorful stuff bubbling up in the glass! It goes down so easily,

New American Bible
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup. It goes down smoothly,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Proverbs 23:30
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