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Proverbs 31:7

Proverbs 31:7 is verse 7 of Proverbs chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 31:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

6 Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

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

8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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