Proverbs 31:4
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 31
“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:”Proverbs 31:4
What Does Proverbs 31:4 Mean?
Proverbs 31:4 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 31, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 31:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 20:1“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”Ecclesiastes 10:17“Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”Isaiah 5:22“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:”1 Timothy 5:23“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”Hosea 4:11“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.”1 Kings 20:16“And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.”Habakkuk 2:5“Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:”Leviticus 10:9“Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:”Esther 3:15“The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.”Isaiah 5:23“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”Isaiah 28:7“But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.”Daniel 5:2“Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.”Hosea 7:3“They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.”Mark 6:21“And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;”Numbers 6:3“He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.”1 Kings 20:12“And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.”Ecclesiastes 2:3“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.”Titus 1:7“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;”Isaiah 56:12“Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.”
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