Proverbs 31:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire strong drink,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes strong drink:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink, [Eccl. 10:17; Hos. 4:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

Common English Bible

⁴ It isn’t for kings, Lemuel, it isn’t for kings to drink wine, for rulers to crave strong drink.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Not to kings, O Lamuel, not to kings give wine. For there are no secrets where drunkenness reigns.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

Proverbs 31:4 Cross References

1 Kings 16:9

But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah,

1 Kings 20:12

When Ben-hadad heard this message—now he had been drinking with the kings in the booths—he said to his men, “Take your positions!” And they took their positions against the city.

Esther 1:10

On the seventh day, when the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended him,

Esther 3:15

The couriers went quickly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Proverbs 23:34

You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman, and your princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness!

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant at mixing drink,

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves and collect all peoples as their own.