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Proverbs 23:31
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
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Proverbs 23:31 in other translations
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
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In context
28 She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
30 — They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
32 at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
34 and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
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