Proverbs 31:6

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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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  • Prov 31:7
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    7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

  • Prov 31:4-5
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    4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for inces strong drink:

    5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22 Woe 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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    30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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

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

  • Joel 1:5
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    5 Awake, 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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    11 Woe 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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    23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

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

  • Isa 28:7
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    7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Ps 107:27
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    27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

  • Ps 104:15
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    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.

  • Isa 56:12
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    12 Come 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.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

  • Isa 24:11
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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.

  • Luke 5:39
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    39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

  • Ps 60:3
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    3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

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

    21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

  • Esth 1:7
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    7 And they gave them drink in vsels of gold, (the vsels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

  • Eccl 2:3
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    3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

  • Ps 75:8
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    8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

  • Job 12:25
    71%

    25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Job 24:11
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    11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

  • Prov 9:5
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    5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  • Jer 13:13
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    13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of usalem, with drunkenness.

  • Amos 6:6
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    6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

  • Isa 28:1
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    1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

  • Job 3:20
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    20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

  • Hos 7:5
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    5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

  • Isa 22:13
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    13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

  • Jer 25:16
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    16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

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