Ecclesiastes 10:19 “A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money…”

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

World English Bible

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

American Standard Version

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

Geneva Bible 1599

They prepare bread for laughter, and wine comforteth the liuing, but siluer answereth to all.

Darby Translation

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.

Young's Literal Translation

For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.

Bible in Basic English

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

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Cross references

“feast”

1 Peter 4:3 Ecclesiastes 7:2–6 Genesis 43:34 Daniel 5:1–12 Ecclesiastes 2:1 Ecclesiastes 2:2

1 Peter 4:3 · BSB

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

Ecclesiastes 7:2–6 · BSB

It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

Genesis 43:34 · BSB

When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.

Daniel 5:1–12 · BSB

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 · BSB

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:2 · BSB

I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

“and wine”

Psalm 104:15 Isaiah 24:11 Luke 12:19 1 Samuel 25:36 2 Samuel 13:28 Ecclesiastes 9:7

Psalm 104:15 · BSB

wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

Isaiah 24:11 · BSB

In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

Luke 12:19 · BSB

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

1 Samuel 25:36 · BSB

When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

2 Samuel 13:28 · BSB

Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valian…

Ecclesiastes 9:7 · BSB

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

“maketh merry”

Psalm 112:9 Isaiah 23:18 Philippians 4:15–19 1 Chronicles 21:24 1 Chronicles 29:2–9 2 Chronicles 24:11–14

Psalm 112:9 · BSB

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

Isaiah 23:18 · BSB

Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

Philippians 4:15–19 · BSB

And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

1 Chronicles 21:24 · BSB

“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

1 Chronicles 29:2–9 · BSB

Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings,…

2 Chronicles 24:11–14 · BSB

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it b…

Also

Judges 9:13

Judges 9:13 · BSB

But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

20Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

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