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Proverbs 31:7-9
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7 (A)let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.
8 (B)Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
9 Open your mouth, (C)judge righteously,
    (D)defend the rights of (E)the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away
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Proverbs 31:7-9
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7 Let them drink(A) and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

8 Speak(B) up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
9 Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(C)

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