Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all .
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Context
17 Blessed you, O land, when your king the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all .
20 Curse not the king, no not in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.