Proverbs 31:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

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  • Eccl 10:17 : 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement. 8 For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.
  • Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when yee come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generations, 10 That ye may put difference betweene the holy and the vnholy, and betweene the cleane and the vncleane,
  • Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart. 12 My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and 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 But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile: 22 And the daughter of the same Herodias came in, & daunced, and pleased Herod, and them that sate at table together, the King sayd vnto the mayde, Aske of me what thou wilt, and I will giue it thee. 23 And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome. 24 So she went forth, & said to her mother, What shal I aske? And she said, Iohn Baptists head. 25 Then she came in straightway with haste vnto the King, & asked, saying, I would that thou shouldest giue me euen now in a charger the head of Iohn Baptist. 26 Then the King was very sory: yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate at table with him, he would not refuse her. 27 And immediately the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the maide, and the maide gaue it to her mother.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the King glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, and as a very ouen heated by ye baker, which ceaseth from raysing vp, and from kneading ye dough vntill it be leauened. 5 This is the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners.
  • 1 Kgs 20:12 : 12 And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions, he sayd vnto his seruants, Bring forth your engines, and they set them against the citie.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16-20 : 16 And they went out at noone: but Ben-hadad did drinke till he was drunken in the tentes, both he and the Kings: for two and thirtie Kings helped him. 17 So the seruants of the princes of the prouinces went out first: and Ben-hadad sent out, & they shewed him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue. 19 So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them. 20 And they slew euery one his enemie: and the Aramites fled, and Israel pursued them: but Ben-hadad ye King of Aram escaped on an horse with his horsemen.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 And the postes compelled by the Kings commaundement went forth, and the commandement was giuen in the palace at Shushan: and the King & Haman sate drinking, but the citie of Shushan was in perplexitie.
  • Dan 5:2-4 : 2 And Belshazzar whiles he tasted the wine, commaunded to bring him the golden and siluer vessels, which his father Nebuchad-nezzar had brought from the Temple in Ierusalem, that the King and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines might drinke therein. 3 Then were brought the golden vessels, that were taken out of the Temple of the Lords house at Ierusalem, and the King and his princes, his wiues and his concubines dranke in them. 4 They drunke wine and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone.

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  • Prov 31:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

    6Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

    7Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.

  • Prov 31:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1The words of king Lemuel: The prophecie which his mother taught him.

    2What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!

    3Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.

  • Prov 20:1
    77%

    1Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.

    17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.

  • Isa 24:9
    74%

    9They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.

    31Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.

  • Prov 23:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.

  • Hos 4:11
    71%

    11Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.

  • Lev 10:9
    71%

    9Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when yee come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generations,

  • Isa 5:11
    70%

    11Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to followe drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.

  • Joel 1:5
    70%

    5Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, & howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.

  • Prov 4:17
    70%

    17For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

  • Isa 28:7
    69%

    7But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement.

  • Hab 2:15
    69%

    15Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, & makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities.

  • Hos 7:5
    69%

    5This is the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners.

  • Ezek 44:21
    69%

    21Neither shall any Priest drinke wine when they enter into the inner court.

  • Prov 19:10
    69%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 17:7
    68%

    7Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Prov 25:6
    68%

    6Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

  • Prov 17:26
    68%

    26Surely it is not good to condemne the iust, nor that ye princes should smite such for equitie.

  • Isa 29:9
    68%

    9Stay your selues, and wonder: they are blinde, and make you blinde: they are drunken but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drinke.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    68%

    23Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.

  • Num 6:3
    68%

    3He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

  • Isa 51:21
    68%

    21Therefore heare nowe this, thou miserable and drunken, but not with wine.

  • Esth 1:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7And they gaue them drinke in vessels of golde, and changed vessel after vessel, and royall wine in abundance according to the power of the King.

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

  • Jer 16:8
    67%

    8Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.

  • Prov 16:12
    67%

    12It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

  • Hab 2:5
    67%

    5Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and 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 said, We will drinke no wine: for Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father commaunded vs, saying, Ye shall drinke no wine, neither you nor your sonnes for euer.

  • Jer 13:13
    67%

    13Then shalt thou say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, euen the Kings that sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and the Priestes and the Prophets and all the inhabitantes of Ierusalem with drunkennesse.

  • Dan 5:4
    67%

    4They drunke wine and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone.

  • 1 Sam 1:14
    67%

    14And Eli sayde vnto her, Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy drunkennesse from thee.

  • Luke 5:39
    67%

    39Also no man that drinketh olde wine, straightway desireth newe: for he sayth, The olde is more profitable.

  • Amos 2:12
    66%

    12But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commanded the Prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.

  • Dan 5:1
    66%

    1King Belshazzar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousand.

  • Isa 28:1
    66%

    1Woe to the crowne of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beautie shall be a fading flowre, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fat, and are ouercome with wine.

  • Eccl 8:4
    66%

    4Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

  • Prov 21:17
    66%

    17Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

  • Job 34:18
    66%

    18Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly?