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Proverbs 31:5

“Lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.”

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³Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

⁴It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

⁵Lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

⁶Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

⁷Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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