Proverbs 31:5

New King James Version

Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:12

And it happened when Ben-Hadad heard this message, as he and the kings were drinking at the command post, that he said to his servants, “Get ready.” And they got ready to attack the city.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man!

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

Habakkuk 2:5

“Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man, And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his desire as hell, And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied, He gathers to himself all nations And heaps up for himself all peoples.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.