Proverbs 31:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 16:9

And his servant Zimri, the commander of one half part the horsemen, rebelled against him. Now Elah was drinking at Tirzah, and he became inebriated in the house of Arza, the prefect of Tirzah.

1 Kings 20:12

Then it happened that, when Benhadad had heard this word, he and the kings were drinking in a pavilion. And he said to his servants, "Encircle the city." And they encircled it.

Esther 1:10

The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the illustrious.

Esther 3:15

as to what sentence should fall upon Vashti the queen, who had refused to do the commandment of king Artaxerxes, which he had delivered to her by the eunuchs.

Proverbs 20:1

It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

Proverbs 23:34

And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Blessed is the land whose king is noble, and whose princes eat at the proper time, for refreshment and not for self-indulgence.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!

Habakkuk 2:5

And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples.