Proverbs 23:31
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
In context
28 She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. 31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32 In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things. 34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 23:31 in the KJV
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it giveth his colour in the cup, When it moveth itself aright.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 23:31 in the NIV
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!