Ecclesiastes 10:16-20
16 Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness. 18 Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. 19 Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything. 20 Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
Eating a hearty breakfast is fine. Eating a Thanksgiving feast at nine in the morning is something else entirely. Verse 19 is very odd unless read in context of verses 16-18. If one seeks mere enjoyment, money is the answer to everything. However, if a ruler wishes to lead well and keep his house in order, then it takes work and wisdom (much more so than money).
Finally, unkind words have a way of finding their unintended defamed audience.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®,
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