Proverbs 31:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let him drink and forget his poverty and [seriously] remember his want and misery no more.

American Standard Version (1901)

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Common English Bible

Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their toil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

Proverbs 31:7 Cross References

Job 11:16

You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.

Psalm 104:15

and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine and bread to strengthen the human heart.

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to one who is perishing and wine to those in bitter distress;

Proverbs 31:8

Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,