Proverbs 31:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me, and hath not told me.
  • Job 3:20 : 20 ¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.

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    7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

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    22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

  • Hab 2:15
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    15¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

  • Prov 20:1
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    1¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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  • Isa 24:7
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    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Isa 28:7
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    27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

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    15And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.

  • Isa 56:12
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    12Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.

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    11[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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  • Ps 60:3
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  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Job 24:11
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    5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.

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    16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.