Proverbs 31:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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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  • Eccl 10:17 : 17 Happy 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!
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean] .
  • Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
  • Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. 12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
  • Mark 6:21-28 : 21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee; 22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and them that sat at meat with him; and the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer. 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her. 27 And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir [the fire], from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.
  • 1 Kgs 20:12 : 12 And it came to pass, when [Ben-hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set [yourselves in array] . And they set [themselves in array] against the city.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16-20 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
  • Dan 5:2-4 : 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.

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  • Prov 31:1-3
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    1The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

    2What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?

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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

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  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

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    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

  • Lev 10:9
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    9Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Isa 28:7
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    7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

  • Hos 7:5
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    5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.

  • Ezek 44:21
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    21Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

  • Prov 17:26
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    26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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    21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:

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    8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

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    12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

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    5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

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    6But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:

  • Jer 13:13
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    13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

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    4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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    14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

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    39And no man having drunk old [wine] desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.

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    12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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    1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

  • Isa 28:1
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    1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!

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    4For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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    18[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;