Proverbs 31:5 (BSB)

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

From Proverbs 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 31:5

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 31:1-9: Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (Sa2 12:25), Jedediah - beloved of the Lord.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 31:5: Lest they drink, and forget the law,.... The law of God by Moses, which the kings of Israel were obliged to write a copy of, and read over daily, to imprint it on their minds, that they might never forget it, but always govern according to it, Deu 17:18; or the law of their ancestors, or what was made by themselves, which through intemperance may...
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 31:4-5: Pro 31:4-5 Hence there now follows a warning against drunkenness, not unmediated by the reading למחות: 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings to drink wine, Not for rulers to ask for intoxicating drink; 5 Lest he drink, and forget what is prescribed, And pervert the right of all the children of want. The usual translation of 4a is: non decet reges...