Proverbs 31:3-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁴ “It is not for kings, Lemuel.
It is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to crave liquor.
⁵ Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed
and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.
⁶ Give liquor to a person who is dying
and wine to one who feels resentful.
⁷ Such a person drinks
and forgets his poverty
and does not remember his trouble anymore.

⁸ “Speak out for the one who cannot speak,
for the rights of those who are doomed.
⁹ Speak out,
judge fairly,
and defend the rights of oppressed and needy people.”