Proverbs 31:4-10

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 that which is decreed, and pervert the justice due to 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 appointed to destruction.

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

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