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

⁷ let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Let him drink and forget his poverty and [seriously] remember his want and misery no more.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Common English Bible

⁷ Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their toil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.

Proverbs 31:7 Cross References

Ephesians 5:18

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

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.

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.