Proverbs 23:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 23:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 23:31 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 23:31 — KJV
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”
— Proverbs 23:31 (KJV)
Proverbs 23:31 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 23:31
“For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 23:31: wine, red, cup
“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. fenced: or, made a wall about made: Heb. hewed”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 23:31: look, wine, red
“And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. infolding...: Heb. catching itself”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 23:31: look, colour, itself
“The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 23:31: wine, red, cup
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 23:31: look, red
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