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Proverbs 31:5

World English Bible

lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

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Proverbs 31:5 in other translations

Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

Proverbs 31:5 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 31:5 in context

  1. 3Don’t give your strength to women,
    nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
  2. 4It is not for kings, Lemuel,
    it is not for kings to drink wine,
    nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
  3. 5lest they drink, and forget the law,
    and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
  4. 6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish,
    and wine to the bitter in soul.
  5. 7Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
    and remember his misery no more.