PROVERBS 31:1-5

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.