wisdom
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Watch Your Steps
“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God… Continue reading
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The Vanity of the Love of Wealth
“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 5:10). If there is one thing that most people want from life, it is security. Candidates run for public office with their proposed programs for social security. Offers of employment and opportunities… Continue reading
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The Illusion of the “Good Old Days”
“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… Continue reading
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Remember Your Creator
“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’” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). One of the observations made repeatedly in Ecclesiastes is that life under the sun is uncertain. “Time and chance happen to them… Continue reading
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Instructive Suffering
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for this is the end of all mankind; and the living will lay it to heart” (Ecclesiastes 7:1-2). The… Continue reading
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In His Time
“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every season under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). That there is an appointed time for everything is the fundamental truth discussed in this extended passage (Eccles. 3:1-8). What is appropriate on some occasions is not so at others. The passage presents a series of… Continue reading
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He Who Regards the Clouds
“He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap” (Ecclesiastes 11:4). The wisdom of this passage is understandable when we apply it to everyday life. If a farmer allows himself to become overly concerned with the threat of strong winds, he will not be busy working to… Continue reading
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Some Answers For the Frustrated
“I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness” (Ecclesiastes 3:16). Much of what the Preacher discusses in Ecclesiastes is based on his observations about life. Repeatedly he uses the phrase “I have seen…” or “I saw under the sun…” (3:10, 16, et al.). His observations were partly the… Continue reading
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