Proverbs 31:7
Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 →