Proverbs 31:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ lest they drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:12

On hearing this reply—while he and the other kings were drinking in the booths—he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

Exodus 23:6

“You are not to pervert justice to your poor in his dispute.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the wicked and condemning the righteous: both are an abomination to Adonai.

Proverbs 18:5

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 5:22

Oy to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant at mixing drinks,

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or fermented drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, so that you do not die. This is to be a statute forever throughout your generations.

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, because this wine betrays, a proud man never rests. He enlarges his desire like Sheol, Like death, he is never satisfied. So he gathers to himself all nations, and collects all peoples for himself.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.