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Prov 23:31

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 23:31 · Douay-Rheims
“Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1274
A.D.
Bonaventure Medieval
c. A.D. 1221–1274
“The devil draws man to the concupiscence of the flesh, to the concupiscence of the eyes, and to the pride of life. The concupiscence of the eyes, which is the fuel of concupiscence and pride, makes men strong, because men endure many things in order to acquire temporal goods. In wine, which makes a man drunk and renders him bold, is signified the concupiscence of the eyes. It is written: "Do not gaze upon wine when it grows golden" in the cup. What is the means of resisting these? Through truth, namely through faith dwelling within.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.