Proverbs 31:4-10

⁴Not for kings, O Lemoel, not for kings it is fitting to drink wine, nor for princes, strong drink:

⁵Lest either might drink, and forget what is written in the law, and pervert the cause of all the afflicted.

⁶Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those who have an embittered soul.

⁷Let such a one drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his trouble no more.

⁸Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all fatherless children.

⁹Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and decide the cause of the poor and needy.

¹⁰Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value.