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Meditation Ecclesiastes 9b

Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun – […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 9a

So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them. All share a common destiny – the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 8c

All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt. Then too, I saw the wicked buried – those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 8b

Who is like the wise?    Who knows the explanation of things?A person’s wisdom brightens their face    and changes its hard appearance. Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God. Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 8a

Who is like the wise?    Who knows the explanation of things?A person’s wisdom brightens their face    and changes its hard appearance. Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God. Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 7h

I find more bitter than death    the woman who is a snare,whose heart is a trap    and whose hands are chains.The man who pleases God will escape her,    but the sinner she will ensnare. ‘Look,’ says the Teacher, ‘this is what I have discovered: ‘Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things –    while I was still searching    but […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 7g

Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful    than ten rulers in a city. Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,    no one who does what is right and never sins. Do not pay attention to every word people say,    or you may hear your servant cursing you –for you know in your heart    that many times you […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 7f

Do not be over-righteous,    neither be overwise –    why destroy yourself?Do not be overwicked,    and do not be a fool –    why die before your time?It is good to grasp the one    and not let go of the other.    Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes. (Eccl. 7:16-18 NIV) We looked yesterday at the issue of overrighteousness and being overwise. Today I want […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 7e

Do not be over-righteous,    neither be overwise –    why destroy yourself?Do not be overwicked,    and do not be a fool –    why die before your time?It is good to grasp the one    and not let go of the other.    Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes. (Eccl. 7:16-18 NIV) The Preacher never fails to shock us! He knows the hearts and habits of […]

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Meditation Ecclesiastes 7d

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing    and benefits those who see the sun.Wisdom is a shelter    as money is a shelter,but the advantage of knowledge is this:    wisdom preserves those who have it. Consider what God has done: who can straighten    what he has made crooked?When times are good, be happy;    but when times are bad, consider this:God […]