Proverbs 31:4-8 – It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is
not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all
the oppressed of their rights. Let beer be for those who are
perishing, wine for those who are in anguish! Let them drink and forget their poverty and
remember their misery no more. Speak up for those who cannot speak for
themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Proverbs
20:1 – Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;
whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Isaiah 1:17 – Learn to
do right; seek
justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
Application:
- · Woe to the land whose rulers are drunkards.
- · Those who overindulge in wine and beer become mockers and brawlers.
- · Rulers were warned not to take advantage of the weak and oppressed.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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