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Ecclesiastes 10:19
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17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your aprinces feast at the proper time—
For strength and not for drunkenness! 
18 Because of laziness the1 building decays,
And athrough idleness of hands the house leaks. 
19 A feast is made for laughter,
And awine makes merry;
But money answers everything. 
20 aDo not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for laughter - The object of it is to produce merriment, to banish care and concern of every kind. But who are they who make and frequent such places? Epicures and drunkards generally; such as those of whom Horace speaks:

Nos numerus sumus, et fruges consumere nati .

Epist. lib. i., ep. 2, ver. 27.

"Those whose names stand as indications of men, the useless many; and who appear to be born only to consume the produce of the soil."

But money answereth all - This saying has prevailed everywhere.

Scilicet uxorem cum dote, fidemque, et amicos,

Et genus, et formam Regina Pecunia donat;

Ac bene nummatum decorat Suadela, Venusque .

Hor. Ep. lib. i., ep. 6, ver. 36.

"For gold, the sovereign Queen of all below,

Friends, honor, birth, and beauty, can bestow.

The goddess of persuasion forms her train;

And Venus decks the well-bemonied swain."

Francis.


 
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