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Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 10) Ecclesiastes 10:16-19 KJV
"Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 10, Verse 16-19
Ecclesiastes 10:16-19 in Context (Verses 13–20 KJV)
13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.*
14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?*
15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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¶ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.*
20
¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.*