Proverbs 31:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was troubled in her minde, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore:
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And Dauid was in great sorowe: for the people entended to stone him, because the heartes of all the people were vexed euery man for his sonnes and for his daughters: but Dauid comforted him selfe in the Lorde his God.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when shee came to the man of God vnto the moutaine, she caught him by his feete: and Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away: but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lorde hath hid it from me, and hath not told it mee.
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Wherefore is the light giuen to him that is in miserie? and life vnto them that haue heauie hearts?
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:7
    87%

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

  • Prov 31:4-5
    2 verses
    83%

    4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

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

  • Isa 24:9
    78%

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

  • Isa 5:22
    77%

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

  • Hab 2:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 20:1
    76%

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

  • Prov 23:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Isa 24:7
    76%

    7The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merie heart, doe mourne.

  • Isa 51:21
    76%

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

  • Joel 1:5
    76%

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

  • Isa 5:11
    75%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    75%

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

  • Hos 4:11
    75%

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

  • Isa 28:7
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 107:27
    73%

    27They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

  • Ps 104:15
    73%

    15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.

  • Isa 56:12
    73%

    12Come, I wil bring wine, and we wil fill our selues with strong drinke, and to morowe shalbe as this day, and much more abundant.

  • Isa 29:9
    72%

    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.

  • Hab 2:5
    72%

    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.

  • Isa 24:11
    72%

    11There is a crying for wine in the streetes: al ioy is darkened: the mirth of the world is gone away.

  • Luke 5:39
    72%

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

  • Ps 60:3
    72%

    3Thou hast shewed thy people heauy things: thou hast made vs to drinke the wine of giddines.

  • 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.

  • Prov 21:17
    71%

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

  • Lam 3:15
    71%

    15He hath filled me with bitternes, & made me drunken with wormewood.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
    71%

    7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

  • Esth 1:7
    71%

    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.

  • Eccl 2:3
    71%

    3I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.

  • Ps 75:8
    71%

    8For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

  • Job 12:25
    71%

    25They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken ma.

  • Prov 4:17
    70%

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

  • Job 24:11
    70%

    11They that make oyle betweene their walles, and treade their wine presses, suffer thirst.

  • Eccl 9:7
    70%

    7Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.

  • Prov 25:20
    70%

    20Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

  • Prov 9:5
    70%

    5Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

  • Jer 13:13
    70%

    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.

  • Amos 6:6
    70%

    6They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.

  • Isa 28:1
    70%

    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.

  • Job 3:20
    70%

    20Wherefore is the light giuen to him that is in miserie? and life vnto them that haue heauie hearts?

  • Hos 7:5
    70%

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

  • Isa 22:13
    69%

    13And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, & drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

  • Jer 25:16
    69%

    16And they shall drinke, and be moued and be mad, because of the sworde that I will sende among them.