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Ecclesiastes : Good Stuff
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 1:2
No one remembers what happened long ago, and no one will remember what happens now or in the future. 1:11
With wisdom comes grief, and increasing knowledlge increases sorrow. 1:18
the same fate (death) happens to the foolish and the wise. 2:14-16
The best we can do is eat, drink, and enjoy the good in our labor. 2:24
"To everything there is a season...." Some nice poetry and a great Byrds song. ("Turn, Turn, Turn" -- written by Pete
Seeger) 3:1-8
Rejoice and do good in this life. 3:12
Eat, drink, and enjoy the fruits of your labor. 3:13
Someday God will show us that we are beasts. 3:18
What happens to beasts happens to us. Our deaths are just like theirs. We are not above beasts. 3:19
We and the beasts die and go to the same place. All we are is dust in the wind. 3:20
Who knows that at death the spirit of humans go up, and the spirits of beasts go down? 3:21
the best we can do is to rejoice in our our works. 3:22
Two are better than one: the value of friendship 4:9-13
A fool is known by a multitude of words. 5:3
If you promise to pay someone something, pay it. 5:4
Don't make a promise that you can't keep. 5:4
If you love silver and riches, you'll never be satisfied. 5:10
You can't take it with you. 5:15
Eat, drink, and enjoy your good work. 5:18
Don't we all go to the same place when we die? 6:6
Who knows what is good in this life? Or what will happen on earth after we die? 6:12
A good reputation is more valuable than precious ointment. 7:1
It's better to be rebuked by wise people than to be praised by fools. 7:5
It's better to patient than proud. 7:8
Don't be quick to anger. 7:9
Don't say, "I miss the good old days." 7:10
Don't believe everything people say. 7:21
Try to discover things with reason. Seek wisdom. Avoid folly, foolishness, and madness. 7:25
Eat, and to drink, and be merry. 8:15
The same thing happens to us all: we die. 9:2-3
As long as we live, there is hope. A living dog is better than a dead lion. 9:4
The living know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no reward, and their memory is forgotten. 9:5
All our love, hatred, and envy die with us. Nothing survives our death. 9:6
So eat your bread and drink your wine with a happy heart. 9:7
Live joyfully with the wife that you love. 9:9
Whatever you do in this life, do it with all your might. Because there is no work, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave. 9:10
The race isn't to the swift, nor the battle for the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to those with understanding,
nor good fortune to the skilled; time and chance happen to us all. 9:11
For none of us knows when we will die. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, we are snared in an evil time,
when it falls suddenly upon us. 9:12
Wisdom is better than strength or weapons of war. But one bad person can destroy much that is good. 9:16-18
Dead flies make an ointment stinky, as small mistakes tarnish a wise reputation. 10:1
The words of the wise are gracious, but fools are swallowed by their own lips. 10:12
A fool is full of words. 10:14
Enjoy your youth, follow your heart, and look where you're going. 11:9
There is no end to the making of books. 12:12
Much study is a weariness of the flesh. 12:12
