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Ecclesiastes 10:19 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 10 · verse 19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.Ecclesiastes 10:19 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:19 in context
17Blessed 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!
18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
20Curse 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- laughtersᵉchôwqlaughterH7814 →
- feastlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- merrysâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- merrychayaliveH2416 →
- moneykeçephsilverH3701 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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Solomon here observes, I. How much the happiness of a land depends upon the character of its rulers; it is well or ill with the people according as the princes are good or bad. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-20