Proverbs 31:5
lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
In Context
4Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
6Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:
Cross References
Isaiah 5:22Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink:
Habakkuk 2:5But the arrogant man and the scorner, the boastful man, shall not finish anything; who has enlarged his desire as the grave, and like death he is never satisfied, and he will gather to himself all the nations, and will receive to himself all the 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 →