Proverbs 31:1-9 (Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha)
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The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him:
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What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?
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Give not your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink;
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lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
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Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
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let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
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Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate.
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Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha)
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