dby - Proverbs:31:1-9

dby@Proverbs:31:1 @ The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him:

dby@Proverbs:31:2 @ What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?

dby@Proverbs:31:3 @ Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.

dby@Proverbs:31:4 @ It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is the strong drink?

dby@Proverbs:31:5 @ -- lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.

dby@Proverbs:31:6 @ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:

dby@Proverbs:31:7 @ let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

dby@Proverbs:31:8 @ Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.

dby@Proverbs:31:9 @ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.