The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 31:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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.

Proverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:9

The third exhortation, admonishing the king to judge righteously.

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