Proverbs 31:3-14

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.

⁶Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

⁷Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

⁸Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

⁹Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

¹⁰Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

¹¹The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

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

¹³She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

¹⁴She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.