Proverbs 23:30 (BSB)

Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:30

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35: 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 not thou upon the wine when it is red. Red wine was in Canaan looked upon as the best wine, it is therefore called the blood of the grape.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 23:30: They that tarry long at the wine,.... At drinking it. Do not care to stir from it when at it; spend whole days and nights in it, and are overcome by it, and so bring upon them all the above evils; they that go to seek mixed wine, not wine mixed with water, as used commonly by temperate people in hot countries; but either mixed...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 23:30: They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. (n) Who by art make wine stronger and more pleasant.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 23:29-35: Pro 23:29-35 The author passes from the sin of uncleanness to that of drunkenness; they are nearly related, for drunkenness excites fleshly lust; and to wallow with delight in the mire of sensuality, a man, created in the image of God, must first brutalize himself by intoxication. The Mashal in the number of its lines passes beyond the limits of the distich, and becomes a Mashal ode.