Proverbs 31:6

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Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

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    7 Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

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    4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

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  • Isa 24:9
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    9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

  • Hab 2:15
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    15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

  • Prov 20:1
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    1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

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  • Isa 24:7
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    7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21 So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:

  • Joel 1:5
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    5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23 Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

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    11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

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    7 And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

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    27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

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    15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

  • Isa 56:12
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    12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5 A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

  • Isa 24:11
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    11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.

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    39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

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    3 You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

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    17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

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    15 He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.

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    3 I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

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    25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

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    17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

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    20 Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

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    5 Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.

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    16 And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.