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

²³ Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

¹⁵ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

¹⁰ And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

²⁷ And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

⁶ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.