Proverbs 31:5
And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
In Context
4Not to kings, O Lamuel, not to kings give wine. For there are no secrets where drunkenness reigns.
6Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:22Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!
Habakkuk 2:5And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:2-10
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto… Read the whole commentary →