Proverbs 31:7
Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
In Context
6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
8Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.
Cross References
Job 11:16For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
Ephesians 5:18And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:2-10
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto… Read the whole commentary →