Proverbs 31:1-9

MSTC(i) 1 These are the words of king Lemuel, and the Prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 My son, thou son of my body: O my dear beloved son, 3 give not over thy substance and mind unto women, which are the destruction even of kings. 4 O Lemuel, give kings no wine, give kings and princes no strong drink; 5 Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity. 6 Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn: 7 that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity. 8 Be thou an advocate and stand in judgment thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and sucourless. 9 With thy mouth defend the thing that is lawful and right, and the cause of the poor and helpless.