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Proverbs 31:5
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
Proverbs 31:5 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 31:5 in other translations
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
lest they drink, and forget the decree, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
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In context
2 What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
3 Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
6 Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
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