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Proverbs 31:5-7
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5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
    and (A)pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to the one who (B)is perishing,
    and wine to (C)those in bitter distress;[a]
7 (D)let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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  1. Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul
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