Give strong drink to the one who (A)is perishing,
    and wine to (B)those in bitter distress;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul

23 No longer drink only water, but (A)use a little wine (B)for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

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15     and (A)wine to gladden the heart of man,
(B)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to (C)strengthen man's heart.

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13 (A)The blessing of him who was (B)about to perish came upon me,
    and I caused (C)the widow's heart to sing for joy.

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20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
    and life to (A)the bitter in soul,

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27 And when she came (A)to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

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And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke (A)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[a] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:6 Compare 22:2

10 She was (A)deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

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