THEOSISProverbs 23:31Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
אַל־תֵּ֥רֶא יַיִן֮ כִּ֢י יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן בכיס בַּכּ֣וֹס עֵינ֑וֹ יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but is of the world.
- 2 Sam 11:2In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: And he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful.
- Ps 119 (118):37
- Prov 6:25Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
- Mark 9:47Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.
- Job 33:1Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
- Matt 5:28But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Matt 5:30And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body go into hell.