Ecclesiastes 10:17-19

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¹⁷But it is very good for a country if the king comes from a good family.^[a] And it is very good for a country if the rulers control their eating and drinking. They eat and drink to become strong, not to become drunk.

¹⁸If someone is too lazy to work,
their house will begin to leak, and the roof will fall in.

¹⁹People enjoy eating, and wine makes life happier. But money solves a lot of problems.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 10:17 comes from a good family Literally, “is a son of freedmen.” This is a person who was never a slave and whose parents were not slaves.