Proverbs 23:30 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁰They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:30 —

Old words in this verse

tarry: — stay, wait.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Psalms 75:8
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 29-35)

Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Prov. 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Prov. 23:31): Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. Red wine was in Canaan looked upon as the best wine, it is therefore called the blood of the grape. Critics judge of wine, among other indications, by the colo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 30)

26-35. A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness (Ho 4:11). give me--This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented (Pr 8:1; 9:3, &c.). heart--confidence. observe--keep. my ways--such as I teach you (Pr 3:17; 9:6).