Proverbs 31:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgement of any that is afflicted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Lest they drink and forget the law and what it decrees, and pervert the justice due any of the afflicted.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

Common English Bible

⁵ Otherwise, they will drink and forget the law, and violate the rights of the needy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor.

Proverbs 31:5 Cross References

Habakkuk 2:5

Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of thy poor in his cause.

Leviticus 10:9

Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgement; thou shalt not respect persons: neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

1 Kings 20:12

And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

To accept the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgement.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Isaiah 5:23

which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!