Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given byContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 12: 9-14….A summary of many thoughts.”
Category Archives: Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 12: 1-8….A realistic look at life!
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, in the dayContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 12: 1-8….A realistic look at life!”
Ecclesiastes 11: 6-10….What does ‘vanity’ really mean?
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.8 So if a person lives many years, let himContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 11: 6-10….What does ‘vanity’ really mean?”
Ecclesiastes 11 :1-5….More thought-provoking proverbs.
1 Cast your bread upon the waters,for you will find it after many days.2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.3 If the clouds are full of rain,they empty themselves on the earth,and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,inContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 11 :1-5….More thought-provoking proverbs.”
Ecclesiastes 10: 16-20….Good Advice!
16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,and your princes feast in the morning!17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,and your princes feast at the proper time,for strength, and not for drunkenness!18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,and through indolence the house leaks.19Continue reading “Ecclesiastes 10: 16-20….Good Advice!”
Ecclesiastes 10: 8-15….Aids to Living.
8 He who digs a pit will fall into it,and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.9 He who quarries stones is hurt by them,and he who splits logs is endangered by them.10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,he must use more strength,but wisdom helps oneContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 10: 8-15….Aids to Living.”
Ecclesiastes 10: 1-7….Against folly
Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,but a fool’s heart to the left.Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,and he says to everyone that he is a fool.If the anger of the rulerContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 10: 1-7….Against folly”
Ecclesiastes 9: 11-18….Choose wisdom!
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. For man does not know his time. Like fish that areContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 9: 11-18….Choose wisdom!”
Ecclesiastes 9: 7-10….Winding up the book.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you underContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 9: 7-10….Winding up the book.”
Ecclesiastes 9: 1-6….Death Comes to All – a cause to think deeply.
But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and theContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 9: 1-6….Death Comes to All – a cause to think deeply.”
As I read it! 