Proverbs 23:31

New Century Version

Don’t stare at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. While he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful.

Job 33:1

“Now, Job, listen to my words. Pay attention to everything I say.

Psalm 119:37

Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.

Proverbs 6:25

Don’t desire her because she is beautiful. Don’t let her capture you by the way she looks at you.

Song of Solomon 7:9

and your mouth like the best wine. Let this wine go down sweetly for my lover; may it flow gently past the lips and teeth.

Mark 9:47

If your eye causes you to sin, take it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin you, but be filled with the Spirit.

1 John 2:16

These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these come from the Father, but all of them come from the world.