Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
In Context
5And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
7Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
Job 3:20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
Psalms 104:15Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
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 →