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Proverbs 31:2-4
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2 O my son, O son of my womb,
    O son of my vows!
3 Do not surrender your vigor to women
    or consort with those who cause the ruin of kings.[a]
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
    not for kings to drink wine,
    not for princes to crave strong liquor,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:3 A warning against sexual misconduct (see Prov 5:9-11; 1 Ki 11:1; Neh 13:26).
  2. Proverbs 31:4 A warning against drunkenness (see note on Prov 20:16; see also Eccl 10:16-17; Hos 7:5).
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