Proverbs 31:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,”
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“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:”
King James Version · Public Domain“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 31:4 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- 1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 1 Kings 20:12Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
- 1 Kings 20:16They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
- Esther 1:10On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
- Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Proverbs 23:34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
- Ecclesiastes 10:17Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.
- Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
- Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
- Daniel 5:2Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Hosea 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
- Mark 6:21On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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