Proverbs 31:1-5

¹The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.

²What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

³Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.

⁴It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

⁵For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.