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Proverbs 31:4-6
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4 Lemuel, it isn’t good for kings to drink wine.
    It isn’t good for rulers to long for beer.
5 If they do, they might drink and forget what has been commanded.
    They might take away the rights of all those who are treated badly.
6 Let beer be for those who are dying.
    Let wine be for those who are sad and troubled.

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Proverbs 31:4-6
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4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—
    it is not for kings to drink wine,(A)
    not for rulers to crave beer,
5 lest they drink(B) and forget what has been decreed,(C)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
6 Let beer be for those who are perishing,
    wine(D) for those who are in anguish!

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