Proverbs 31:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

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  • Hab 2:5 : 5 ¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

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