Proverbs:31:1-9
web@Proverbs:31:1 @ The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.
web@Proverbs:31:2 @ "Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
web@Proverbs:31:3 @ Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
web@Proverbs:31:4 @ It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
web@Proverbs:31:5 @ lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
web@Proverbs:31:6 @ Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:
web@Proverbs:31:7 @ Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
web@Proverbs:31:8 @ Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
web@Proverbs:31:9 @ Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."