PROVERBS 31:2-12

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.

⁸Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.

⁹Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister judgment to the poor and needy.

¹⁰A virtuous woman who can find? for her price is far above rubies.

¹¹The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no lack of gain.

¹²She doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life.