Ecclesiastes 10:19

The Burden Of Folly

¹⁸ By sloth the frame work will pine away; and by the letting down of the hands, the house will drop. ¹⁹ For laughter they make bread, and wine will gladden the living: and silver will answer with all. ²⁰ Thou shalt not curse the king in thy consciousness, and in thy bed-chamber thou shalt not curse the rich for the bird of the heavens will bring the voice, and the possessor of wings shall announce the word.

All Things

Psalm 104:15

And wine will gladden the heart of man, to cause the face to shine from oil, and bread will support the heart of man.

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened.

Genesis 43:34

And he will take gifts from before him to them: and Benjamin's gift will increase above all their gifts, five parts. And they will drink and be intoxicated with him.

Judges 9:13

And the vine will say to them, Left I my new wine-making, rejoicing God and men, and went I to wander about over the trees?

1 Samuel 25:36

And Abigail will go to Nabal; and behold, to him a drinking in his house as the drinking of a king; and Nabal's heart good with him, and he was intoxicated even greatly; and she announced not to him a word small and great till the light of the morning.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom will command his boys, saying, See now, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I said to you, Strike Amnon; and kill him; ye shall not be afraid, for I commanded you: be strong and be for sons of strength.

1 Chronicles 21:24

And king David will say to Ornan, Nay; for buying, I will buy for the full silver: for I will not lift up what is to thee to Jehovah, and bring up burnt-offerings gratuitously.

1 Chronicles 29:2-9

And with all my power I prepared for the house of my God, gold for gold, and silver for silver, and brass for brass, and iron for iron, woods for woods, and stones of onyx, and the fillings up, and stones of paint and of variegation, and every precious stone, and stones of white marble for multitude.

2 Chronicles 24:11-14

And it will be in the time of bringing in the ark to the charge of the king by the hand of the Levites, and in their seeing that there was much silver, and the king's scribe came, and the head priest's overseer, and they will empty the ark and lift it up, and turn it back to its place. Thus they did to day by day, and they will gather silver for multitude.

Ezra 1:6

And all those round about them strengthened upon their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with substance, and with cattle, and most precious things, besides all being willingly given.

Ezra 7:15-18

And to bring the silver and the gold that the king and his counselors gave willingly to the God of Israel, whom his dwelling in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 5:8

And saying to them, We bought off our brethren the Jews, being sold to the nations; according to the sufficiency in us and also will ye sell your brethren? and were they sold to us? And they will be silent, and they found not a word.

Psalm 112:9

He scattered, he gave to the needy; his justice stands forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-2

I Said in my heart, Go now, I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou upon good: and behold, this also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:2-6

Good to go to the house of mourning rather than to go to the house of drinking, in that it is the end of every man; and he living shall give to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and a remainder to those seeing the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go eat in joy thy bread, and drink thy wine in a good heart; for already God was satisfied with thy works.

Isaiah 23:18

And her traffic and her gift holy to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured up, and it shall not be laid up; for to those dwelling before Jehovah her traffic shall be for eating to be satisfied, and for a splendid covering.

Isaiah 24:11

An outcry for wine in the streets; all joy grew dark, the exulting of the earth was carried into exile.

Daniel 5:1-12

Belshazzar the king made great food for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he drank wine.

Matthew 17:27

But that we should not scandalize them, having gone to the sea, cast a fish hook, and lift up the fish coming up first, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a gold coin: having taken that, give to them for me and thee.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Luke 8:3

And Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who served him from possessions to them.

Acts 2:45

And sold possessions and goods, and divided them to all, as any one had need

Acts 11:29

And certain of the disciples, as he was able, determined, each of them, to send for service to the brethren dwelling in Judea:

Ephesians 5:18-19

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

Philippians 4:15-19

And ye also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news, when I went out from Macedonia, no church participated with me in the word of donation and accepting, except ye alone.

1 Timothy 6:17-19

To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;

1 Peter 4:3

For the time of life passed over sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the nations, having gone in licentiousness, eager desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings, and criminal idolatries:

Luke 16:9

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of injustice; that, when ye fail, they might receive you into lasting tents.