Catholic Public Domain Version

Proverbs 31:5-12 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor.

6. Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.

7. Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.

8. Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through.

9. Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.

10. Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.

11. The heart of her husband confides in her, and he will not be deprived of spoils.

12. She will repay him with good, and not evil, all the days of her life.