Proverbs 31:5 meaning and explanation
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
Proverbs 31:5, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse continues the advice King Lemuel's mother gives him about royal conduct. Speaking to her son as a ruler, she warns that wine can dull a king's memory of what has been decreed, meaning the laws and judgments he is responsible to uphold.
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