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⌂ ← PRO 31:0b–31:9 → ║ ©

The Oracle of King Lemuel

The Oracle of King Lemuel

that his mother taught him:
2  And what, son of my vows?
3  and your ways to destroy kings.
4 It is not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine is not for the kings,
nor is strong drink for rulers.
5  and he will pervert the rights[fn] of all the [fn]
6  and wine to those[fn]
7  and his misery he will not remember any more.
8  for the rights[fn] of all the [fn]
9  and defend the poor and needy.

31:? Hebrew “right”

31:? Literally “sons of affliction”

31:? Literally “to bitterness of soul”

31:? Hebrew “right”

31:? Literally “the sons of the needy”

⌂ ← PRO 31:0b–31:9 → ║ ©

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