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Proverbs 31:5-7
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5 Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed,
    and he will pervert the rights[a] of all the afflicted.[b]
6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
    and wine to those in bitter distress.[c]
7 He will drink and forget his poverty,
    and his misery he will not remember any more.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:5 Hebrew “right”
  2. Proverbs 31:5 Literally “sons of affliction”
  3. Proverbs 31:6 Literally “to bitterness of soul”
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Proverbs 31:5-7
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5 lest they drink(A) and forget what has been decreed,(B)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
6 Let beer be for those who are perishing,
    wine(C) for those who are in anguish!
7 Let them drink(D) and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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