John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:30 - 23:30

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:30 - 23:30


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Pro_23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Ver. 30. They that tarry long at the wine.] These men do not want time, but waste it. Pliny, if he were alive, would surely say to such, as once he did to his nephew, Poteras has horas non perdidisse, Thou mightest have spent thy time much better. How may those winebibbers more justly lament their loss than good Bernard did, and say each man for himself, Totum vitae meae tempus perdidi, quia perdite vixi!