Bible Question:
Since the Bible is to be used as the believer's guide-book for living, how should we view the following text of Scripture which apparently should not be used to guide believers in their daily walk? A feast is made for laughter and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything. (Ecclesiastes 10:19 NIV) A a believer we know that money is not the answer to everything. So should this verse rather be understood as the thoughts of the unsaved rather than the saved? |
Bible Answer: In looking at the context of this chapter, it seems that the author is comparing the wise with the unwise. It seems like he's saying that these things (food, wine, money) are temporal things that the unwise employ to try to make themselves feel better (as contrasted with the things that provide eternal security). I think the author is using a bit of sarcasm, a deliberate exaggeration(we KNOW that money isn't the answer for everything) to make his point. "Oh yeah, money's the answer to everything, isn't it?! *wink, wink* Reference Colossians 3:1-4. |