Ecclesiasticus 32:5
“A consort of musicke in a banket of wine, is as a signet of Carbuncle set in gold.”
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Ecclesiasticus 32:5 Context
3Speake thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound iudgement, and hinder not musicke. 4Powre not out words where there is a musitian, and shew not forth wisedome out of time. 5A consort of musicke in a banket of wine, is as a signet of Carbuncle set in gold. 6As a signet of an Emeraud set in a worke of gold, so is the melodie of musicke with pleasant wine. 7Speake yong man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarsely when thou art twise asked:
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A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
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