Proverbs 31:5

New International Version

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:12

Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he ordered his men: “Prepare to attack.” So they prepared to attack the city.

Exodus 23:6

“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

Isaiah 5:23

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

Leviticus 10:9

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,

Habakkuk 2:5

indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.