Proverbs 23:31
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
“And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.”
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”
“Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.”