Proverbs 31:4
Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
5lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:9Ye shall not drink wine nor strong drink, thou and thy sons with thee, whensoever ye enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when ye approach the altar, so shall ye not die; it is a perpetual statute for your generations,
1 Kings 20:12And they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: 1 But every fool is entangled with them. 1
Ecclesiastes 10:17Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, 1 And whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, 1 And shall not be ashamed. 1
Isaiah 28:7For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.
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 →