Proverbs 23:31

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, or, however, the most esteemed of, and that most…

Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Pro 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Pro 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins -…

Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Pro 23:20.

I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Pro 23:31): Look…

moveth itself aright So R.V. marg.; but R.V. text, goeth down smoothly, as the same expression is rendered in Song of Solomon, Son 7:9 [Hebrews 10], A.V. and R.V.