Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 20
Ecc 5:20 God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.
Jun 03, 2021•1 min
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 19
Ecc 5:19 And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.
Jun 02, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 18
Ecc 5:18 Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.
Jun 01, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 17
Ecc 5:17 Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
May 28, 2021•1 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verses 15 and 16
Ecc 5:15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us. Ecc 5:16 And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.
May 27, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verses 13 & 14
Ecc 5:13 There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver. Ecc 5:14 Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children.
May 26, 2021•52 sec
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 12
Ecc 5:12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.
May 25, 2021•1 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 11
Ecc 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
May 24, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 10
Ecc 5:10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
May 21, 2021•3 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 9
Ecc 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
May 20, 2021•1 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 8
Ecc 5:8 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
May 18, 2021•3 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verses 6 and 7
Ecc 5:6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved. Ecc 5:7 Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.
May 17, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verses 4 & 5
Ecc 5:4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. Ecc 5:5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
May 14, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 3
Ecc 5:3 Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool.
May 13, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verses 1 and 2
Ecc 5:1 As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God. Ecc 5:2 Don’t make rash promises, and don’t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.
May 12, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 verses 13 thru 16
Ecc 4:13 It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice. Ecc 4:14 Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison. Ecc 4:15 But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth who replaces him. Ecc 4:16 Endless crowds stand around him, but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind....
May 11, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 verses 9 thru 12
Ecc 4:9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Ecc 4:10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Ecc 4:11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? Ecc 4:12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken....
May 10, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 Verses 7 and 8
Ecc 4:7 I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun. Ecc 4:8 This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.
May 07, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 Verses 5 and 6
Ecc 4:5 “Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin.” Ecc 4:6 And yet, “Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind.”
May 06, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 Verse 4
Ecc 4:4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
May 05, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 Verses 1 thru 3
Ecc 4:1 Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless. Ecc 4:2 So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living. Ecc 4:3 But most fortunate of all are those who are not yet born. For they have not seen all the evil that is done under the sun.
May 04, 2021•3 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verses 21 and 22
Ecc 3:21 For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth? Ecc 3:22 So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is our lot in life. And no one can bring us back to see what happens after we die.
May 03, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verses 18 thru 20
Ecc 3:18 I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals. Ecc 3:19 For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless! Ecc 3:20 Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust.
Apr 30, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 17
Ecc 3:17 I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”
Apr 29, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 16
Ecc 3:16 I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
Apr 28, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 15
Ecc 3:15 What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.
Apr 27, 2021•3 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 14
Ecc 3:14 And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear him.
Apr 26, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 13
Ecc 3:13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
Apr 23, 2021•2 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 12
Ecc 3:12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;
Apr 22, 2021•3 min
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 11
Ecc 3:11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
Apr 21, 2021•3 min
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