Proverbs 31:6

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Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 David was greatly distressed because the people talked about stoning him. They were all bitter in spirit because of their sons and daughters, but David found strength in the Lord his God.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, 'Leave her alone! She is deeply troubled, but the LORD has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.'
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of the one about to perish came upon me, and I made the widow's heart sing for joy.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.

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    7Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.

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    9They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

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    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.

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    7The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine.

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    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

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    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

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    23Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

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    11Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

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    7But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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    27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

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    15wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.

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    9Be astonished and amazed! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine—they stagger, but not from strong drink.

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    11In the streets, there is an outcry over the wine; all joy turns dark, and the gladness of the earth departs.

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    39And no one after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'The old is better.'

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    3You, O God, have rejected us and broken us; you have been angry—restore us again.

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    20Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

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    17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

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    1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those overcome by wine.

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    20Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?

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    16They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them.