Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Note maketh…: Heb. maketh glad the life
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- feast
- Ecclesiastes 2:1, 2; Ecclesiastes 7:2–6; Genesis 43:34; Daniel 5:1–12; 1 Peter 4:3
- and wine
- Ecclesiastes 9:7; Psalm 104:15; Isaiah 24:11; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Luke 12:19; Ephesians 5:18, 19
- maketh merry
- Heb. maketh glad the life. but. Money which would have answered every good purpose, and served for every emergency, is too often spent in feastings and revellings.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11, 12; 1 Chronicles 21:24; 1 Chronicles 29:2–9; 2 Chronicles 24:11–14; Ezra 1:6; Ezra 7:15–18; Nehemiah 5:8; Psalm 112:9; Isaiah 23:18; Matthew 17:27; Matthew 19:21; Luke 8:3; Luke 16:9; Acts 2:45; Acts 11:29; Philippians 4:15–19; 1 Timothy 6:17–19