Proverbs 31:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

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

  • Job 11:16
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    16 For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

  • 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 21:17
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    17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

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

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  • Eccl 9:7
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    7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

  • Prov 23:21
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    21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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    15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

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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.

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

  • Job 21:20
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    20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

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    19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

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    20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

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

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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.

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

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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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    17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

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    24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

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    10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.