Don’t spend your energy(A) on women
or your efforts on those who destroy kings.(B)
It is not for kings, Lemuel,
it is not for kings(C) to drink wine(D)
or for rulers to desire beer.
Otherwise, they[a] will drink,
forget what is decreed,(E)
and pervert justice for all the oppressed.[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit he
  2. Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction

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