Proverbs 31:5

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:12

It happened, when [Ben-Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array] against the city.

Exodus 23:6

*You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Leviticus 10:9

*Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

Habakkuk 2:5

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as She'ol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.