Proverbs 31:7
let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
In context
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, 5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; 7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. 8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 31:7 in the KJV
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 31:7 in the NIV
Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.