Proverbs 31:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Forget the law; the laws of God, by which they are to govern themselves and their kingdoms. Pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted; which may easily be done by a drunken judge, because drunkenness deprives a man of the use of reason; by which alone men can distinguish between right and wrong, and withal stirs up those passions which incline him both to precipitation and partiality.

Proverbs 31:5

5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.