A moment in scripture
Proverbs 31:7
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Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
- Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
- Proverbs 31:8
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
- Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.