Ecclesiastes 10:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.

¹⁸ By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

¹⁹ For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.