Proverbs 31:6-7

Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul. Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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9 songs meet this passage

  • “Fiendin' for a pill to wash down, yeah”

    Cortisol · Scrim

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    The song turns to substances to numb pain, the opposite of the deeper healing Proverbs points toward even while naming the same impulse to drown sorrow.

  • REAL ONES NEVER DIE · Kid Cudi

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    The song names self-medicating with substance to numb grief, a pattern Scripture recognizes but doesn't commend as the answer.

  • “Drown my sorrows, but they learned to swim”

    Good News · Shaboozey

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    Scripture names numbing pain through drink as a real but limited relief, exposing why sorrow keeps resurfacing here.

  • “Now, my baby's goner than the Tulsa wind”

    Pour Me A Drink (feat. Blake Shelton) · Post Malone

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    Proverbs allows drink for the genuinely heavy-hearted but doesn't commend it as a repeated coping habit, which is closer to what this verse describes.

  • “I'll drink alcohol 'til my friends come home for Christmas”

    Stick Season · Noah Kahan

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    The song leans on alcohol to dull memory and loneliness, the kind of numbing Proverbs names rather than commends.

  • “Rotgut whiskey's gonna ease my mind”

    I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves) · Zach Bryan

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    The proverb acknowledges drink numbs sorrow but the song never finds a deeper remedy for the ache, it just keeps reaching for the bottle.

  • “Makin' love to his tonic and gin”

    Piano Man · Billy Joel

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    Scripture names strong drink as a comfort for those in anguish, which fits the old man's self-medicating nostalgia, but also flags it as a stopgap, not a cure.

  • Friends in Low Places · Garth Brooks

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    Proverbs acknowledges drink numbing sorrow, but as a last resort for the perishing, not a cheerful life strategy to laugh along with.

  • Neon Moon · Brooks & Dunn

    strains against Proverbs 31:6-7

    Scripture acknowledges drink numbs misery but doesn't hold it up as an answer; the song lingers there without question.

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