Proverbs 31:5

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Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

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  • Prov 31:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3Do not give your strength to women or your ways to those who destroy kings.

    4It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

  • Prov 31:6-9
    4 verses
    83%

    6Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

    7Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.

    8Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

    9Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

  • Isa 5:22-23
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    77%

    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine.

  • Isa 28:6-7
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    6He will also be a spirit of justice for those who sit in judgment and a source of strength for those who turn back the battle at the gate.

    7But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.

    31Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Esth 1:7-8
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    7Drinks were served in golden goblets of various designs, and the royal wine flowed in abundance, as befits the king's generosity.

    8The drinking was done according to royal decree with no restrictions, for the king had ordered all the stewards of his household to allow each person to drink as they desired.

  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Job 12:25
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    25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

  • Hos 7:5
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    5On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9Be astonished and amazed! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine—they stagger, but not from strong drink.

  • Ps 107:27
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    27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

  • Ps 75:8
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    8For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

  • Amos 6:6
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    6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

  • Amos 2:8
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    8'They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink wine taken as fines.'

  • Deut 24:17
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    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court for judgment, the judges shall justify the innocent and condemn the guilty.

  • Job 31:11
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    11For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

  • Deut 27:19
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    19Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Ezek 44:21
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    21No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

  • Job 24:11
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    11They press oil between the rows, they tread the wine presses, yet they go thirsty.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • Gen 44:5
    69%

    5'Is this not the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? You have done wrong in what you have done.'

  • Prov 28:4
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    4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Jer 13:13
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    13Then you shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem with drunkenness.

  • Jer 25:16
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    16They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them.