Ecclesiastes 10:19

Feasting brings laughter, wine gladdens life, and money answers many needs. Earthly goods have their proper uses, though they are not ultimate.

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• Ps 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
• Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Isa 23:18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
• 1 Pet 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• Eccl 7:11–12Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
• Phil 4:15–19And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.
• Isa 24:11In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
• Eccl 2:1–2I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
• Matt 19:21Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
• Dan 5:1–12Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
• Eccl 7:2–6It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
• 1 Chr 29:2–9Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
• Matt 17:27“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
• 1 Chr 21:24“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
• Ezra 1:6And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
• Acts 2:45Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
• Neh 5:8and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
• Gen 43:34When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
• 2 Chr 24:11–14Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
• Eph 5:18–19Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
• Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
• 2 Sam 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
• Luke 16:9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
• 1 Sam 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
• Judg 9:13But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
• 1 Tim 6:17–19Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Luke 8:3Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
• Ezra 7:15–18Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
• Eccl 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

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