Proverbs 31:5

New English Translation

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:12

When Ben Hadad received this reply, he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

Exodus 23:6

“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

Proverbs 17:15

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 18:5

It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

Isaiah 5:22

Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

Isaiah 5:23

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.