Archive for November 2023

Ecc. 12:9‭-‬10 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright—words of truth. The world is going to hell in a handbasket.  The words of the girl’s…

Ecc. 12:6-7 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Her character was…

Ecc. 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these God will bring you into judgment. He was wise for a young person, knowing…

Ecc. 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good. He had done an incredible amount of quality work to get where he was.  Soon, he would be graduating…

Ecc. 10:1-2 Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, and cause it to give off a foul odor; so does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.  A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left. When I first met him, I was not sure how…

Ecc. 9:17-18 The words of wise men heard in quietness are better than the shouting of one who rules among fools.  Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. They say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease.  When they started their group project, one girl certainly made sure to…

Ecc. 9:11-12 I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.  For man also…

Ecc. 8:16-17 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night, then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun.  For though a man…

Ecc. 8:12-13 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.  But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he…