The true purpose of the power of wine over man’s mind and body, as a restorative and remedial agent. Compare the margin reference. The same thought showed itself in the Jewish practice of giving a cup of wine to mourners, and (as in the history of the crucifixion) to criminals at their execution.
Verse Proverbs 31:6. _GIVE STRONG DRINK UNTO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH_] We have already seen, that inebriating drinks were mercifully given to condemned criminals, to render them less sensible of...
VII. THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL TAUGHT HIM BY HIS MOTHER CHAPTER 31 The Virtuous Woman “The words of King Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him”; this is the superscription of this chapter. W...
SECOND DIVISION. SAYINGS OF LEMUEL. A manual of directions for kings. Proverbs 31:1. The title is uncertain. RV is not grammatically correct. Read _mg._ MASSA (_mg.),_ rendered oracle in Proverbs 31:3...
OF HEAVY HEARTS. bitter of soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
_of heavy hearts_ Better, with R.V. text and A.V. marg., BITTER IN SOUL. Comp. 1 Samuel 1:10, where the same Heb. expression is used....
VII. The Words of King Lemuel. Chap. Proverbs 31:1-9 We have here another short Appendix. King Lemuel records, as his oracle, or wise teaching, the counsel given him by his mother (Proverbs 31:1). Wi...
CHAPTER 31 TEXT Proverbs 31:1-9 1. The words of king Lemuel: The oracle which his mother taught him. 2. Why, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows? 3. Give not thy str...
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. GIVE STRONG DRINK UNTO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH, AND ... UNTO THOSE ... OF HEAVY HEARTS. The use...
THE MOTHER OF LEMUEL. THE EXCELLENT WOMAN 1-9. An exhortation addressed to king Lemuel by his mother, urging him to avoid women and wine. The latter leads to slackness and unfairness in the administr...
OF HEAVY HEARTS] read, 'the bitter in soul.' The Talmud treats this verse as the foundation of the pious custom of the Jerusalem ladies, who provided medicated wine to dull the pain of those condemned...
This is a strange passage. Lemuel’s mother knew that a king should not drink alcohol. But she supposed that poor people should drink lots of beer and wine in order to forget their troubles. But she wa...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 31 V1 These are the words of King Lemuel. This section is a difficult puzzle that his mother taught to him....
GIVE STRONG DRINK UNTO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH. — For this is not waste, but an advantageous use of God’s gift. (Comp. St. Paul’s advice, 1 Timothy 5:23.) It was out of a merciful remembrance of t...
תְּנוּ ־שֵׁכָ֣ר לְ אֹובֵ֑ד וְ֝ יַיִן לְ
CHAPTER 32 A GOOD WOMAN "O woman-hearts, that keep the days of old In living memory, can you stand back When Christ calls? Shall the heavenly Master lack The serving love, which is your life's fi...
THE WORTHY WOMAN Proverbs 31:1-9 In these words of King Lemuel, we notice a mother's influence in the education of her son. A woman is never more nobly occupied than in warning her son against the se...
This is the second section of the appendix. There have been many conjectures as to who King Lemuel was, but nothing certainly can be said. It is divided into two parts, the first of which consists of...
_Drink. Hebrew shecar, particularly palm-wine. --- Are sad. Hebrew, "perish," being sentenced to die; (Mark xv. 23., and Amos ii. 8.) or, who grieve and mourn for one deceased. On such occasions no fo...
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for ki...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
GIVE STRONG DRINK UNTO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH,.... Thou, O Lemuel, and other kings and judges, rather than drink strong drink yourselves, least to excess; give it out of your great abundance and...
_Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts._ Ver. 6. _Give strong drink to him, &c._] To those that stand at the bar, rather than to them that si...
_It is not for kings to drink wine_ Namely, to excess, as the next verse explains it: _Lest they drink and forget the law_ The laws of God, by which they are to govern themselves and their kingdoms; _...
OF PROPER KINGLY DEPORTMENT...
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, to those who are afflicted, heavy in heart, full of anxiety, who are on the point of expiring, AND WINE UNTO THOSE THAT BE OF HEAVY HEARTS, who are...
In THE FINAL CHAPTER of the book has also a peculiar character, King Lemuel is the writer, but not the author, for he simply quotes the words of his mother. Actually, no king of Israel or Judah is kno...
OF HEAVY HEARTS: _ Heb._ bitter of soul...
UNTO HIM; which is to be understood comparatively, to him rather than to kings, partly because he needs a liberal draught of it more than kings do; and principally because if it proceed to excess, in...
Proverbs 31:6 Give H5414 (H8798) drink H7941 perishing H6 (H8802) wine H3196 bitter H4751 heart H5315...
CONTENTS: Words of King Lemuel on the dangers of intemperance and the worth of a godly woman. CHARACTERS: God, Lemuel, his mother. CONCLUSION: A virtuous woman who has command of her own spirit, who...
Proverbs 31:1. _The words of king Lemuel._ Ancient kings had many names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon was Jedidiah, or Jedid-jah, beloved of God. 2 Samuel 12:25. Lemu...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:1 The Sayings of King Lemuel. The word translated “oracle” (v. Proverbs 31:1) is the same as in...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:6 The STRONG DRINK would help THOSE IN BITTER DISTRESS to FORGET THEIR POVERTY. This is often taken to mean that the king should provide strong drink
CRITICAL NOTES.— LEMUEL. This Hebrew word signifies “_For God_,” or “_belonging to God_,” and is regarded by most commentators as a proper name. THE PROPHECY. Delitzsch, Stuart, and many other Hebrew...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 31:1 PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance....
Now the thirty-first proverb are, The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him (Proverbs 31:1). So these are really the words of King Lemuel's mother unto him. The advice of a go...
1 Samuel 1:10; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Kings 4:27; Psalms
To perish — To faint; for such need a cordial....
Does this verse encourage drinking strong alcoholic beverages? PROBLEM: On the one hand the Bible speaks against strong drink, claiming it is a “mocker” and arouses “brawling” (Proverbs 20:1). On the...