Ecclesiastes 10:17-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for ^(A)drunkenness. ¹⁸ Through ^(B)indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. ¹⁹ Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and ^(C)wine makes life merry, and ^(D)money ^[a]is the answer to everything.