Proverbs

¹The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. ²What, my son? and what, O son of my womb, and what, O son of my vows? ³Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. ⁴It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink? ⁵Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted. ⁶Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul: ⁷Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.