Proverbs 31:5
31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. prevert: Heb. alter of any: Heb. of all the sons of affliction
KJV
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
What does Proverbs 31:5 mean?
Proverbs 31:5 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁתָה (shâthâh), שָׁכַח (shâkach), חָקַק (châqaq). It connects to 16 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Deuteronomy 7:8But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 15:15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Isaiah 35:9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isaiah 43:1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Jeremiah 15:21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Jeremiah 31:11For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Micah 4:10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Luke 1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke 1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Luke 24:21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Galatians 3:13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter 1:19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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What does Proverbs 31:5 say?
Proverbs 31:5 (King James Version) reads: "Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. prevert: Heb. alter of any: Heb. of all the sons of affliction"
Is Proverbs 31:5 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 31:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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