Proverbs 31:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ Not for sovereigns, O Lemu’ĕ

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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.

Proverbs 31:4 Cross References

1 Kings 16:9

And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirtsah drinking himself drunk in the house of Artsa, who was over his house in Tirtsah.

1 Kings 20:12

And it came to be when this word was heard, as he and the sovereigns were drinking in the booths, that he said to his servants, “Set yourselves.” So they set themselves against the city.

Esther 1:10

On the seventh day, when the heart of the sovereign was glad with wine, he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Ḥ

Esther 3:15

The runners went out, hastened by the sovereign’s command, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Shushan. The sovereign and Haman then sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was in confusion.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a scoffer, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Proverbs 23:34

And you shall be as one Lying down in the midst of the sea, And as one lying at the top of the mast, saying,

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Blessed are you, O land, when your sovereign is the son of nobles, and your rulers feast in due season – for strength and not for drunkenness!

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to the mighty to drink wine, and brave men to mix strong drink,

Habakkuk 2:5

“And also, because wine betrays him, a man is proud, and he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his appetite as the grave, and he is like death, and is not satisfied, and gathers to himself all nations and heaps up for himself all peoples.