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Proverbs 31:5
Proverbs 31:5 is verse 5 of Proverbs chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
King James Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
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 31:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
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Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.