Ecclesiastes 10:17 Cross References - LITV

¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your leaders eat in due time, in strength, and not in drinking.

²⁶ And you shall pay the silver for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for fermented drink, or for whatever your soul desires. And you shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice you and your household

² Because of transgression in a land, many are its rulers, but it is prolonged by a man who has understanding, who knows right . ³ A poor man that oppresses the weak is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to lust for fermented drink, ⁵ that they not drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the right of the afflicted ones.

⁶ folly is set in many high positions, and many rich men sit in low situations . ⁷ I have seen slaves on horses, and rulers walking as slaves on the earth.

¹¹ Woe to those who rise early in the morning to go after fermented drink, tarrying in the twilight while wine inflames them!

²¹ And his leader shall be from him, and his ruler shall come from among him. And I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach Me. For who is he who pledged his heart to come near to Me, says Jehovah?