Proverbs 31:7
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and, his wearying toil, let him remember no more.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
In Context
6Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul:
8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the children of the departed.
Cross References
Job 11:16For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
Ephesians 5:18And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in 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 →