Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Cross-references
In Proverbs 23:33, the same danger of alcohol leads to seeing strange things and uttering perverse speech — echoing how forgetting decrees perverts justice.
Leviticus 10:9 forbids priests from drinking wine while serving — just as rulers must avoid it to execute justice properly.
Deuteronomy 24:17 warns against perverting justice for the vulnerable — the same crime Proverbs says drink causes rulers to commit.
Deuteronomy 27:19 pronounces a curse on those who pervert justice for the sojourner — the injustice drink leads to in Proverbs.
In 1 Kings 20:12, Ben-hadad drinks with kings then makes a rash military decision — illustrating how drink impairs judgment.
In Ecclesiastes 10:17, blessed is the land when princes eat for strength, not drunkenness — reinforcing the same principle that rulers must avoid intoxication.
In Isaiah 5:23, those who are heroes at wine also pervert justice by acquitting the guilty for a bribe — directly paralleling the warning here.
In Isaiah 28:7, priests and prophets reel with wine and stumble in judgment — the same danger of alcohol impairing leaders' justice as warned here.
In Titus 1:7, an overseer must not be a drunkard — applying the same standard to church leaders that Proverbs applies to kings.
In Isaiah 56:12, selfish leaders call for wine and ignore their duty — mirroring how kings who drink forget decrees and pervert justice.
Habakkuk 2:5 calls wine a traitor that leads to arrogance and greed — reinforcing that drink corrupts judgment.