Proverbs 31:4
Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000It 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 · 1611It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?
Context
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.