Proverbs 23:33 (BSB)

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:33

  • 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 23:33: Thine eyes shall behold strange women,.... Being inflamed with wine, shall look upon women, other men's wives, and lust after them; or harlots, whom seeking after or meeting with, when in their cups, are drawn into their embraces; excess of wine leads to whoredom (w).
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 23:33: The moral effects: it inflames passion (Gen 19:31, Gen 19:35), lays open the heart, produces insensibility to the greatest dangers, and debars from reformation, under the severest sufferings.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 23:33: Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. (o) That is, drunkenness will bring you to whoredom.