19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. …
Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. …
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-20)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. The people cannot be happy when their princes are childish and voluptuous (Eccl. 10:16): Woe unto thee, O land ! even the land of Canaan itself, though otherwise the glory of all lands, when thy king is a child , not so…
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