Proverbs 31:7
He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.
Young's Literal Translation
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 thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
Cross References
Job 11:16For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
Ephesians 5:18and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, 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 →