Proverbs 31:5
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
In Context
6Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
Cross References
Isaiah 5:22Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.
Habakkuk 2:5And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people. As wine deceiveth, etc... Viz., by affording only a short passing pleasure; followed by the evils and disgrace that are the usual consequences of drunkenness; so shall it be with the proud enemies of the people of God; whose success affordeth them only a momentary pleasure, followed by innumerable and everlasting evils.
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 →