Proverbs 31:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away, and wine to him in bitter distress of heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

Common English Bible

⁶ Give strong drink to those who are perishing and wine to those whose hearts are bitter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

Proverbs 31:6 Cross References

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Job 29:13

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Job 3:20

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Psalm 104:15

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

Proverbs 31:7

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

Isaiah 38:15

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

1 Timothy 5:23

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.