Proverbs 31:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

^3 (A)Do not give your strength to women,
Or your ways to that which ^(B)destroys kings.
⁴ It is not for ^(C)kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to ^(D)drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
⁵ For they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And ^(E)pervert the ^[a]rights of all the ^[b]afflicted.