Proverbs 31:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not I say for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke.

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  • Eccl 10:17 : 17 But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse.
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse, that no place is cleane.
  • Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou nor thy sonnes that are with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye dye: Let it be a lawe for euer throughout your generations. 10 And that ye may put difference betweene holy and vnholy, betweene vncleane and cleane:
  • Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away. 12 My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornication hath caused them to go astray, and they haue committed fornication against their God.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea in deede the proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine, therfore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, & is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.
  • Mark 6:21-28 : 21 And whe a conuenient day was come, that Herode on his birth daye made a supper to the lordes, hye captaynes, and chiefe estates of Galilee. 22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias came in, and daunced, and pleased Herode, and them that sate at boorde also, the kyng said vnto the damsell: Aske of me what thou wylt, and I wyll geue it thee. 23 And he sware vnto her: Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I wyll geue it thee, euen vnto the one halfe of my kingdome. 24 And she went foorth, & sayde vnto her mother: What shall I aske? She saide, Iohn Baptistes head. 25 And she came in strayghtwaye, with haste, vnto the kyng, and asked, saying: I wyll, that thou geue me by and by in a charger, the head of Iohn Baptist. 26 And the kyng was sory, howebeit, for his othes sake, & for their sakes whiche sate at supper also, he woulde not caste her of. 27 And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson, 28 And brought his head in a charger, & gaue it to the damsell, and the damsell gaue it to her mother.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes. 4 All these burne in adulterie, as it were an ouen that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, tyll the dowe be leauened. 5 This is the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners.
  • 1 Kgs 20:12 : 12 And it fortuned, that when Benhadad hearde that tydinges, as he was with the kinges drinking within the pauilions, and he saide vnto this seruauntes, Put your selues in order. And they set them selues in aray against the citie.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16-20 : 16 And they went out at noone: but Benhadad dyd drinke till he was drunken in the pauillions, both he and the kinges: eue thirtie & two kinges, that holpe him. 17 And the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres went out first, and Benhadad sent out, & they shewed him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria. 18 He sayde: Whether they be come out for peace, take them alyue: or whether they be come out to fight, take them yet alyue. 19 And so those young men of the gouernours of the shyres came out of the citie, and the hoast after them: 20 And they slue euery one his enemie that came in his way: and the Syrians fled, & they of Israel folowed after the: And Benhadad the king of Syria scaped on a horse, with his horsemen.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 And the postes went in all the haste according to the kinges commaundement, and in Susan the chiefe citie was the commaundement deuised: And the king and Haman sate and dranke, when in the meane time the citie of Susan was disquieted.
  • Dan 5:2-4 : 2 And Balthasar when he had tasted the wine, commaunded to bring hym the golden and siluer vessels, whiche his father Nabuchodonozor had brought from the temple in Hierusalem, that the king and his princes, and his wyues, and his concubines, might drinke therin. 3 So were brought the golde vessels that they had taken out of the temple of the Lordes house at Hierusalem: and the king, and his princes, his wyues, and his concubines drunke in them. 4 They drunke wine, & praysed the gods of golde, siluer, brasse, iron, wood, and stone.

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  • Prov 31:5-7
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    5Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children.

    6Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:

    7That they may drynke it, and forget their miserie and aduersitie.

  • Prov 31:1-3
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    1The wordes of king Lamuel, and the lesson that his mother taught him.

    2What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne?

    3Geue not ouer thy strength & wayes vnto women, which are the destruction euen of kynges.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.

    17But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They shall drynke no more wine with mirth, strong drynke shalbe bytter to them that drinke it.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse.

    31Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:

  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe:

    21For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.

  • Lev 10:9
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    9Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou nor thy sonnes that are with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye dye: Let it be a lawe for euer throughout your generations.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Wo be vnto them that rise vp early to folowe drunkennesse, continuyng vntyll nyght, tyll they be set on fire with wine.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake ye drunkardes, & weepe, howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine: for it is cleane taken away from your mouth.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie.

  • Isa 28:7
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    7But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Wo vnto him that geueth his neyghbour drinke, thou ioynest thy heate, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities.

  • Hos 7:5
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    5This is the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners.

  • Ezek 44:21
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    21Al the priestes that go into the inmost court shal drinke no wine.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

  • Prov 17:26
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    26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9Ponder these thinges once in your mindes, and wonder: Blinded are they them selues, and the blinde guides of other: They are drunken, but not with wine: they are vnstable, but not thorow strong drinke.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    68%

    23Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomackes sake & thine often diseases.

  • Num 6:3
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    3He shall seperate him selfe from wine and strong drynke, and shall drynke no vineger of wine or of strong drinke, nor shall drinke whatsoeuer is pressed out of grapes, and shall eate no freshe grapes, neither yet dried.

  • Isa 51:21
    68%

    21And therfore thou miserable and drunken (howbeit not with wine) heare this:

  • Esth 1:7-8
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    68%

    7And they dranke in vessels of gold, and chaunged vessel after vessel, and royal wine in aboundaunce, according to the power of the king.

    8And the drinking was by an order, none might compell: for so the king had appoynted to all the officers of his house, that they shoulde do according to euery mans pleasure.

  • Jer 16:8
    67%

    8Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:

  • Prov 16:12
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    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Yea in deede the proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine, therfore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, & is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Jer 35:6
    67%

    6But they sayde, We wyll drinke no wine: for Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father commaunded vs, saying: Ye and your sonnes shall neuer drinke wine, buylde houses, sowe no seede, plant no vines,

  • Jer 13:13
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    13Then shalt thou say vnto them, thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I shall fyll all the inhabitours of this lande with drunkennesse, the kynges that syt vpon Dauids stoole, the priestes & prophetes, with all that dwell at Hierusalem.

  • Dan 5:4
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    4They drunke wine, & praysed the gods of golde, siluer, brasse, iron, wood, and stone.

  • 1 Sam 1:14
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    14And Eli sayde vnto her: Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away from thee the wine that thou hast.

  • Luke 5:39
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    39No man also that drinketh olde wyne, strayghtway can awaye with newe: For he sayth, the olde is better.

  • Amos 2:12
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    12But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.

  • Dan 5:1
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    1King Balthasar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousande.

  • Isa 28:1
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    1Wo be vnto the crowne of pryde, euen to the drunken people of Ephraim, whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth, and are ouerladen with wine.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Prov 21:17
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    17He that hath pleasure in bankettes shalbe a poore man: and whoso delighteth in wyne and delicates, shall not be riche.

  • Job 34:18
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    18Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes?