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17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is [a]the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 By slothfulness the [b]roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:17 Or, a free man
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:18 Or, rafters sink