Proverbs 31:7 - Exposition

Let him drink, and forget his poverty. Ovid, 'Art. Amat.,' 1.237—

" Vina parant animos, faciuntque caloribus aptos:

Cura fugit multo diluiturque mero.

Tunc veniunt risus; tunc pauper cornua sumit;

Tunc dolor, et curae, rugaque frontis abit ."

Thus is shown a way in which the rich can comfort and encourage their poorer brethren, which is a better method of using God's good gifts than by expending them on their own selfish enjoyment.