[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ce n'est point aux rois, Lemuel, Ce n'est point aux rois de boire du vin, Ni aux princes de rechercher des liqueurs fortes,
KJV
[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
place in human affairs: while it is allowed to those who are in a state of affliction, according to Prov. 31:4 , "Give not wine to kings," and further on ( Prov. 31:6 ), "Give strong drink to them that are sad, and wine to them that are grieved in mind." Therefore sobriety is mor…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 103 (Migne)
er; et sicut regulus venenum diffundet (Prov. XXIII, 31) . Nullum secretum est, ubi ebrietas regnat (Prov. XXXI, 4) . Hinc beatus Hieronymus ait: Ebrietas semper flagitiorum mater est, radix criminum, materia culparum, et origo omnium vitiorum. Venter enim mero aestuans cito desp…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
31) . Item: Potentes iracundi si sunt, vinum non bibant, ne cum biberint obliviscantur sapientiam (Prov. XXXI, 4) . Joel propheta: Expergiscimini, ebrii, et flete, ululate, omnes qui bibitis vinum in dulcedine (Joel I, 5) . Job: Cum saturatus fuerit, arctabitur, et omnis dolor i…
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