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Rain falls through a neglected roof beside a table with bread, earthenware and silver pieces.
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Ecclesiastes 10:18-19

The Neglected House

Small Folly and Public Harm · Ecclesiastes 10

Story guide: Rain falls through a neglected roof beside a table with bread, earthenware and silver pieces. Neglect lets the house decay beside the attractions of meals, wine, and money.

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18Through laziness the roof sags, and through idle hands the house leaks.

19A meal is prepared for merriment, wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.

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