Proverbs 31:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to crave strong drink.

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  • Eccl 10:17 : 17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 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 by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
  • Lev 10:9-9 : 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
  • Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray under their God.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:
  • Mark 6:21-28 : 21 And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you. 23 And he swore to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet because of his oath's sake, and for the sakes of those who sat with him, he would not refuse her. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl: and the girl gave it to her mother.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from stirring after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners.
  • 1 Kgs 20:12 : 12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in order. And they set themselves in array against the city.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16-20 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
  • Dan 5:2-4 : 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.

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  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

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

  • Isa 5:22
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  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Those who linger long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine.

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  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

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    11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Lev 10:9
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  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

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

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

  • Isa 28:7
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    7But 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 by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness!

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

  • Ezek 44:21
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    21No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  • Prov 17:26
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    26Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9Pause and wonder; cry out and cry: they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

  • Num 6:3
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    3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

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

  • Esth 1:7-8
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    7And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

    8And the drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled, for the king had appointed to all the officials of his house that they should do according to each man's pleasure.

  • Jer 16:8
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    8You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

  • Prov 16:12
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    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:

  • Jer 35:6
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    6But they said, We will not drink wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall not drink wine, neither you, nor your sons forever:

  • Jer 13:13
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    13Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  • Dan 5:4
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    4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.

  • 1 Sam 1:14
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    14And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you.

  • Luke 5:39
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    39No one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, The old is better.

  • Amos 2:12
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    12But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.

  • Dan 5:1
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    1Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'

  • Prov 21:17
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    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Job 34:18
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    18Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly?