Proverbs 23:30

“They that tarry long at the wine, etc.] 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 with spices, to make it more palatable, or with different sorts of wine, some very strong, and more heady and intoxicating; or mere wine meant; wine “poured out”, as the wordf642 signifies, where there is plenty of it; and such as are given to wine go and seek out such places, and where the best is to be had. So the Targum, “they go and seek the house of mixture, or…”

“Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.” Proverbs 23:18 Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality. Proverbs 23:20 Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton”…”

“Mixt wine - Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients to make it strong and delicious. Proverbs 23:31”

“tarry: Pro 20:1; Gen 9:21; Isa 5:11; Amo 6:6; Eph 5:18 mixed: That is, not wine diluted and lowered with water, but made stronger and more inebriating, by the addition of more powerful ingredients, as honey, spices, myrrh, defrutum, opiates, etc. Pro 9:2; Psa 75:8 Proverbs 23:31”