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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 31:4

Proverbs 31:4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Ver. 4. It is not for kings to drink wine, ] i.e., To be "drunk with wine, wherein is excess," Eph 5:18 where the apostle determines excessive drinking to be downright drunkenness, viz., when as swine do their bellies, so men break their heads with filthy quaffing. This, as no man may lawfully do, so least of all princes; for in maxima libertate minima est licentia. Men are... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 31:5

Pro 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Ver. 5. Lest they drink and forget the law. ] Drunkenness causeth forgetfulness (hence the ancients feigned Bacchus to be the son of forgetfulness), and stands in full opposition to reason and religion: when the wine is in, the wit is out. Seneca saith, that for a man to think to be drunk, and yet to retain his right reason, is to think to drink rank poison, and yet not to die by it. a And... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 31:4

Leviticus 10:9, Leviticus 10:10, 1 Kings 20:12, 1 Kings 20:16-Proverbs :, Esther 3:15, Ecclesiastes 10:17, Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 28:8, Daniel 5:2-Numbers :, Hosea 4:11, Hosea 4:12, Hosea 7:3-Deuteronomy :, Habakkuk 2:5, Mark 6:21-Hosea : Reciprocal: Numbers 6:3 - General Proverbs 20:1 - General Ecclesiastes 2:3 - yet Isaiah 5:23 - justify Isaiah 56:12 - I will 1 Timothy 5:23 - General Titus 1:7 - not given to wine read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 31:5

pervert: Heb. alter any of the afflicted: Heb. all the sons of affliction, Habakkuk 2:5 Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:9 - Do not Numbers 6:3 - General Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Deuteronomy 27:19 - General 1 Kings 20:12 - drinking Proverbs 3:1 - forget Proverbs 23:33 - and Ecclesiastes 2:3 - yet Ecclesiastes 10:17 - and thy Isaiah 5:23 - justify Isaiah 28:7 - erred Isaiah 56:12 - I will Mark 6:21 - his birthday Titus 1:7 - not given to wine read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 31:4

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:To drink — To excess. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 31:4

4. Nor for princes strong drink Or, the desire of strong drink. שׁכר , ( shekhar,) rendered strong drink, usually means any kind of fermented drink other than wine, and sometimes means wine, or is so rendered, as in Numbers 28:7. There is nothing in the etymology of the word requiring our qualifying term strong. Nor is the qualifier used as distinguishing it from wine, or as compared with wine; but as distinguishing it from other drinks, as water, milk, etc., which possess no... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 31:5

5. Lest they Rather, he. Drink,… forget… law מחקק , ( mehhukkak,) that which is prescribed, the statute applicable to the particular case. The reasons here given for rulers, judges, princes, etc., abstaining from intoxicating drinks, are very similar to those given to the priests in Leviticus 10:10-11. No drunkard should be intrusted with authority or rule, either in civil, military, or ecclesiastical affairs. Property, character, life, and the immortal interests of the soul, are too... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 31:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 31:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 31:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 31:5

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 31:4

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 31:4

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 31:5

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