Proverbs 23:33

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 23:33 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:32Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
  2. Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
  3. Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
  4. Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  5. Proverbs 31:5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
  6. Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
  7. Hosea 7:5The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
  8. Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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