Proverbs 31:4

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.3Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

v.4This passage

v.5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Esther 3:15

    The posts went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

  • Leviticus 10:9

    Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

  • Habakkuk 2:5

    Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

  • Hosea 7:3

    They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • Isaiah 5:22

    Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

  • 1 Kings 20:16

    And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.