Proverbs 31:7
Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
In Context
6Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
8Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
Cross References
Job 11:16Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye 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 →