Proverbs 31:6

To perish — To faint; for such need a cordial.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Division. Sayings of Lemuel. A manual of directions for kings. Proverbs 31:1 . The title is uncertain. RV is not grammatically correct. Rea...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of heavy hearts . bitter of soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 -...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 latt...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 provid...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Ti...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 M...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 mo...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 divi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 kin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish ,.... Thou, O Lemuel, and other kings and judges, rather than drink strong drink yourselves, leas...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the pro...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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;...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Lemuel . This Hebrew word signifies “ For God ,” or “ belonging to God ,” and is regarded by most commentators as a proper name....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 31:1 . The words of king Lemuel. Ancient kings had many names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon was Jedidia...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 31:1-20 Part VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subj...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of Proper Kingly Deportment
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:10 ; 1 Samuel 30:6 ; 1 Timothy 5:23 ; 2 Kings 4:27 ; Psalms 104:15

⁶ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 31:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 31:6