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”
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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.”
Ecclesiastes 8: 14-17….Do you get the meaning?
There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. And I commend joy, for man hasContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 8: 14-17….Do you get the meaning?”
Ecclesiastes 8: 10-13….Hypocrisy!
Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set toContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 8: 10-13….Hypocrisy!”
Ecclesiastes 8: 1-9….Under Authority.
Who is like the wise?And who knows the interpretation of a thing?A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,and the hardness of his face is changed.I say: Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him. Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for heContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 8: 1-9….Under Authority.”
Ecclesiastes 7: 25-29….What on earth is he talking about?
I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness. And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He whoContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 7: 25-29….What on earth is he talking about?”
Ecclesiastes 7: 14-24….Why ‘overly’?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, andContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 7: 14-24….Why ‘overly’?”
Ecclesiastes 7: 7-13….Some good advice.
Surely oppression drives the wise into madness,and a bribe corrupts the heart.Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,for anger lodges in the heart of fools.Say not, “Why were the former days better thanContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 7: 7-13….Some good advice.”
As I read it! 