4 <poetry>It is not for kings, Lemuel— <indent>it is not for kings to drink wine, </indent> <indent>not for rulers to crave beer,</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, <indent>and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.</indent> </poetry>

It is not for kings, Lemuel— <indent>it is not for kings to drink wine,<cr>1</cr> </indent> <indent>not for rulers to crave beer,</indent>

Proverbs 31:4

lest they drink<cr>1</cr> and forget what has been decreed,<cr>2</cr> <indent>and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.</indent>

Proverbs 31:5

 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel— it is not for kings to drink wine,   not for rulers to crave beer,  5 lest they drink   and forget what has been decreed,   and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. 

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