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An interpretive comparison of a disordered early feast and a restrained meal after work, no moralized young face.
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Ecclesiastes 10:16-17

The Proper Time to Eat

Small Folly and Public Harm · Ecclesiastes 10

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16Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes eat in the morning.

17Happy are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobles, and your princes eat at the proper time, for strength and not for drunkenness.

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