Proverbs 31:1–9 · BSB
31:1
These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
31:2
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
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31:3
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
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lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
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Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
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Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
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Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
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Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
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