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Proverbs 31:4

A! Lamuel, nyle thou yiue wyn to kingis; for no pryuete is, where drunkenesse regneth.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

In Context

3Yyue thou not thi catel to wymmen, and thi richessis to do awei kyngis.

5Lest perauenture thei drynke, and foryete domes, and chaunge the cause of the sones of a pore man.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:9Thou and thi sones schulen not drynke wyn, and al thing that may make drunkun, whanne ye schulen entre in to the tabernacle of witnessing, lest ye dien; for it is euerlastynge comaundement in to youre generaciouns,

1 Kings 20:12Forsothe it was doon, whanne Benadab hadde herd this word, he drank, and the kyngis, in schadewyng places; and he seide to hise seruauntis, Cumpasse ye the citee.

Esther 1:10Therfor in the seuenthe dai, whanne the kyng was gladdere, and was hoot of wiyn aftir ful myche drinkyng, he comaundide Nauman, and Baracha, and Arbana, and Gabatha, and Zarath, and Abgatha, and Charchas, seuene oneste and chast seruauntis, `that mynistriden in his siyt,

Proverbs 20:1Wiyn is a letcherouse thing and drunkenesse is ful of noise; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs.

Ecclesiastes 10:17Blessid is the lond, whos kyng is noble; and whose princis eten in her tyme, to susteyne the kynde, and not to waste.

Isaiah 28:7But also thei knewen not for wyn, and erriden for drunkenesse; the preest and profete knewen not for drunkenesse; thei weren sopun up of wyn, thei erriden in drunkenesse; thei knewen not a profete, thei knewen not doom.

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