Proverbs 31:4-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁴It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
    it is not for kings to drink wine,
    or for rulers to desire^[a] strong drink;
⁵or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed,
    and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

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Proverbs 31:4 Cn: Heb where

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