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Ecclesiastes 10:18-20
The Message
Ecclesiastes 10:18-20
The Message
18 A shiftless man lives in a tumbledown shack;
A lazy woman ends up with a leaky roof.
19 Laughter and bread go together,
And wine gives sparkle to life—
But it’s money that makes the world go around.
20 Don’t bad-mouth your leaders, not even under your breath,
And don’t abuse your betters, even in the privacy of your home.
Loose talk has a way of getting picked up and spread around.
Little birds drop the crumbs of your gossip far and wide.
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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