Proverbs 31:7
He drinks, and forgets his poverty, || And he does not remember his misery again.
Literal Standard 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 perishing, || And wine to the bitter in soul,
8Open your mouth for the mute, || For the right of all sons of change.
Cross References
Job 11:16For you forget misery, || As waters passed away you remember.
Ephesians 5:18and do not be drunk with wine, in which is wastefulness, but be filled in the 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 →