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Ecclesiastes 10:19

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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; Psalms 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; Psalms 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

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