Proverbs 23:20 warns against drunkenness, creating a tension with the compassionate use of wine for the suffering in 31:7.

Job 11:16 promises forgetting misery like waters gone by — mirrors the wine-induced forgetfulness here.

Jeremiah 16:7 describes the cup of consolation withheld in mourning, highlighting the same custom of giving drink for comfort that 31:7 endorses.

Ephesians 5:18 warns against drunkenness, contrasting with the advice to drink to forget misery.

Genesis 41:51 has Joseph naming Manasseh because God made him forget his trouble — similar forgetting but through divine action.

Luke 14:13 commands inviting the poor to banquets, a different but complementary act of compassion to giving them wine in 31:7.