Proverbs 31:7
Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.
Catholic Public Domain 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 the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.
8Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through.
Cross References
Job 11:16Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.
Ephesians 5:18And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy 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 →