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Proverbs 31:5
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5
For they will
drink
and
forget
what is
decreed
, And
1
pervert
the
rights
of
all
the
afflicted
.
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Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.
4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
5
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
6
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter.
7
Let him drink and forget his poverty And remember his trouble no more.
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1.
Exodus 23:6
;
Deuteronomy 16:19
;
Proverbs 17:15
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2
[a].
Lit "judgment"
[b].
Lit "sons of affliction"
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