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Proverbs 23:31
Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
Proverbs 23:31 · Geneva Bible
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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 Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
29 To 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?
30 Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.
31 Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
32 In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
33 Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.
34 And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.
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