Proverbs 31:3-5

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^(A)Do not give your strength to women,
Or your ways to that which ^(B)destroys kings.

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It is not for ^(C)kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to ^(D)drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink,

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For they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And ^(E)pervert the ^(a)rights of all the ^(b)afflicted.

a. Proverbs 31:5: ['Lit ', judgment]

b. Proverbs 31:5: ['Lit ', sons of affliction]

A. Proverbs 31:3: Proverbs 5:9

B. Proverbs 31:3: Deuteronomy 17:17; Nehemiah 13:26

D. Proverbs 31:4: Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 5:22; Hosea 4:11

E. Proverbs 31:5: Exodus 23:6; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 17:15