Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 23:31 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright.”
Proverbs 23:31
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. {an...: or, a cockatrice}
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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