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Proverbs 31:3-5
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

3 Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

4 Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

5 And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

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Proverbs 31:3-5
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3 Do not spend your strength[a] on women,
    your vigor on those who ruin kings.(A)

4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—
    it is not for kings to drink wine,(B)
    not for rulers to crave beer,
5 lest they drink(C) and forget what has been decreed,(D)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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