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Proverbs 31:4

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[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

It is not for kings {H4428}, O Lemuel {H3927}, it is not for kings {H4428} to drink {H8354} wine {H3196}; nor for {H335}{H176} princes {H7336} strong drink {H7941}:

It is not for kings, L'mu'el, not for kings to drink wine; it is not for rulers to ask, "Where can I find strong liquor?"

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 20:1 (10 votes)

    ¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:17 (8 votes)

    Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Isaiah 5:22 (8 votes)

    Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

  • Hosea 4:11 (5 votes)

    Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Hosea 4:12 (5 votes)

    ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

  • 1 Kings 20:16 (4 votes)

    And they went out at noon. But Benhadad [was] drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

  • 1 Kings 20:20 (4 votes)

    And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.