DEEP THOUGHTS

There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve.... So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man than to eat, drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.... The dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.... Go eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. --King Soloman, from Ecclesiastes 8:14-9:7 (Recovery Devotional Bible)

It is not for kings, O Lemuel--
not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,
lest they drink and forget what the law decrees,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
Give beer to those who are perishing,
wine to those who are in anguish;
let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
--King Lemuel, from Proverbs 31:4-8 (Recovery Devotional Bible)

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
and do not crush the needy in court,
for the Lord will take up their case
and will plunder those who plunder them. --Proverbs 22:22-23 (Recovery Devotional Bible)

You've got to fight
for your right
to party!
--The Beastie Boys

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