Ecclesiastes 10:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink? 5 For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.
  • Eccl 10:6-7 : 6 The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low. 7 I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
  • Jer 30:21 : 21 And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.
  • Deut 14:26 : 26 And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
  • Prov 28:2-3 : 2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire. 3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

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    16Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

  • Prov 31:4-6
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    4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

    5For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

    6Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

  • Prov 3:10
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    10So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

  • Eccl 10:18-19
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    18When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

    19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

  • Deut 8:10
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    10And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 28:2
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    2Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

  • Jer 22:15
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    15Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

    21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

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    2When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

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    2You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

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    6Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

    7For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

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    7Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

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    13Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

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    1See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

  • Prov 23:1
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    1When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

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  • Hos 7:5
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  • Hab 2:15
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    7Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

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    7I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.

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    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

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    12And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;

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    17For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

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    15And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

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    14When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

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    22Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

  • Prov 14:28
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    5They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.

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    8And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

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    10So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.