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Proverbs 31:7

Proverbs 31:7 (WEB)

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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John Cassian

  • “…drink to those who are in sorrow, and give wine to drink, to those who are in pain, that they may forget their poverty, and remember their pain no more,” i.e., to those who in consequence of the punishment of their past actions are oppressed with grief and sorrow, supply richly the joys of spiritual knowledge…” — editor's note: Prov. xxxi. 6, 7.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

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