(June, 13-2016 on Monday)
Ecclesiastes 2: 25 for without HIM, who can eat or
find enjoyment? (7)
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26 To
the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to
the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over
to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (8)
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Toil Is Meaningless
17 So
I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me.
All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (8)
18 I hated all the
things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who
comes after me.
19 And who knows
whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over
all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the
sun. This too is meaningless.
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8 I
amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I
acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well—the delights
of a man’s heart.
(8)
9 I became greater by
far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
10 I denied myself
nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart
no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for
all my toil.
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23 All
their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest.
This too is meaningless.
(5)
24 A person can do
nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil.
This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
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14 The
wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both. (5)
15 Then I said to
myself, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain
by being wise?”
I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.”
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!
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5 I
made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. (5)
6 I made reservoirs
to water groves of flourishing trees.
7 I bought male and
female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more
herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
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20 So
my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. (2)
21 For a person may
labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own
to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great
misfortune.
22 What do people get
for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?
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11 Yet
when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under
the sun. (2)
Wisdom and Folly
Are Meaningless
12 Then I turned my
thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness
and folly. What
more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?
13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
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Pleasures Are
Meaningless
2 I said to myself,
“Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that
also proved to be meaningless.
(1)
2 “Laughter,” I said,
“is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”
3 I tried cheering
myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I
wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few
days of their lives.
4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted
vineyards.
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