Proverbs 31:6 (BSB)

Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

From Proverbs 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 31:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 31:1-9: Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (Sa2 12:25), Jedediah - beloved of the Lord.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 31:6: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,.... Thou, O Lemuel, and other kings and judges, rather than drink strong drink yourselves, least to excess; give it out of your great abundance and liberality to poor persons in starving circumstances, who must perish, unless relieved; it will do them good, moderately used; and should they drink too freely, which they ought not, yet...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 31:6: The proper use of such drinks is to restore tone to feeble bodies and depressed minds (compare Psa 104:15).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 31:6-7: Pro 31:6-7 6 Give strong drink to him that is perishing, And wine to those whose soul is in bitter woe; 7 Let him drink and forget his poverty, And let him think of his misery no more. The preparation of a potion for malefactors who were condemned to death was, on the ground of these words of the proverb, cared for by noble women...