1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 11:2; Job 33:1; Mark 9:47; Matthew 5:28-30; Proverbs 6:25; Psalms 119:37
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23...
It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverb...
his colour . its sparkle.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. Look not thou upon the wine - Let n...
Look not thou upon the wine, &c.— Red wine is more esteemed in the east than white; and we are told in the travels of Olearius, that it is cust...
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. Look not thou upon the wine w...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Giveth his colour ] i.e. sparkles. Moveth itself aright] RV 'goeth down smoothly.'
When it giveth its colour. — Or sparkles. When it moveth itself aright. — Or, when it glides easily down the throat.
CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from i...
At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the g...
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red ,.... Or, "because it is red" r; or shows itself red. Which was the only wine used in the land of Canaan,...
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. Ver. 31. Look not thou upon th...
Look not thou upon the wine Earnestly, so as to inflame thine appetite toward it; in which sense men are forbidden to look upon a woman, Job 31:1...
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They...
Look not thou upon the wine earnestly, so as to inflame thine appetite towards it; in which sense men are forbidden to look upon a woman, Job 31:...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:30 . Mixed wine — i.e. , wine mixed with strong spices. Proverbs 23:31 . When it giveth his colour , etc., litera...
Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if th...
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. The woes of the drunkard The ugly sketch given here should be enough to warn...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to...
v. 31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, observing its tempting color with longing eyes, when it giveth his color in the cup, literally,...
Red — Which was the colour of the best wines in that country. Aright — When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.