It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.
Proverbs 23:31 - New Revised Standard Version Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it giveth his colour in the cup, When it moveth itself aright. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly. American Standard Version (1901) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: Common English Bible Don’t look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, going down smoothly. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly, |
It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth.
And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.