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Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:14

Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:14

The Preacher closes by urging joyful, responsible living, remembrance of the Creator before age and death, careful reception of wise truth, and readin...

Ecclesiastes 9:1-10:20

Ecclesiastes 9:1-10:20

Death and unpredictable events come to righteous and wicked alike, so receive present life, marriage, work, and joy from God. Quiet wisdom is better t...

Ecclesiastes 7:1–8:17

You'll Never Understand It All

Ecclesiastes 7–8 teaches sober wisdom for a world whose providence people cannot unravel: receive wise rebuke, reject quick anger, legalism, sexual fo...

Ecclesiastes 7:1-8:17

Ecclesiastes 7:1-8:17

Ecclesiastes commends sober wisdom, reverent fear, obedience, humility, and contentment under God's inscrutable sovereignty, since people cannot strai...

Ecclesiastes 4:4-6:12

Ecclesiastes 4:4-6:12

Envious toil, isolation, unteachable leadership, rash religious vows, oppression, greed, and riches cannot satisfy or endure. Wisdom commends quiet co...

Ecclesiastes 3:9-4:3

Ecclesiastes 3:9-4:3

God makes everything beautiful in its time and establishes his works beyond human comprehension, so people should fear him and gratefully enjoy daily ...

Ecclesiastes 2:12-3:8

Ecclesiastes 2:12-3:8

Wisdom is better than folly, yet both wise and foolish people die and are forgotten. Labor cannot give permanent meaning because another person inheri...

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Vanity vs. Contentment

The preacher tested pleasure, wealth, impressive works, servants, music, and every desire while retaining wisdom. Although he enjoyed his labor, revie...

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

The Preacher tests pleasure, possessions, projects, wealth, entertainment, work, and every desire, only to find that none gives lasting profit or sati...

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

The Preacher observes life's frustrating cycles: generations pass, creation repeats its courses, people labor without lasting satisfaction, history is...

Proverbs 31:10-31

Proverbs 31:10-31

The acrostic poem portrays a virtuous wife as more valuable than riches: trustworthy, loving, diligent, industrious, financially wise, generous to the...

Proverbs 31:1-9

Proverbs 31:1-9

A queen teaches her royal son not to surrender strength to sexual immorality or cloud judgment through drunkenness. A ruler must remain sober, remembe...

Proverbs 30:24-33

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah

Small creatures display wisdom through preparation, secure refuge, ordered cooperation, and skill, while the lion, hunting dog, male goat, and guarded...

Proverbs 30:24-33

Proverbs 30:24-33

Small creatures display practical wisdom through preparation, secure refuge, ordered cooperation, and skill, while stately creatures illustrate rightf...

Proverbs 30:15-23

Proverbs 30:15-23

Agur describes desires that never say enough, graphically warns children to honor aging parents, and marvels at mysteries in creation and courtship. T...

Proverbs 30:7-14

Proverbs 30:7-14

Agur asks God for truthful speech and enough provision to avoid both the pride of wealth and the temptation to steal in poverty, seeking God's glory t...

Proverbs 30:1-6

Proverbs 30:1-6

Agur speaks with humility before the wisdom and creative power of God. Human beings were not present when God established creation and know the Son's ...

Proverbs 29:17-27

Proverbs 29:17-27

The passage calls for loving correction, dependence on God's revealed Word, patient and edifying speech, care for workers, putting sinful anger and pr...

Proverbs 29:9-16

Dumb Dads & Wise Kids?

These proverbs contrast wisdom and folly in conflict, speech, leadership, justice, parenting, and public righteousness. Wise people control their emot...

Proverbs 29:9-16

Proverbs 29:9-16

These sayings warn against futile conflict with fools, uncontrolled emotions, dishonest rulers, partiality, neglected discipline, and multiplying wick...

Proverbs 29:1-8

Any fool can start a fight

These proverbs warn against rejecting correction, wicked rule, immorality, bribes, flattery, transgression, neglecting the poor, and stirring up strif...

Proverbs 29:1-8

Proverbs 29:1-8

The sayings contrast hardening oneself against correction with righteous leadership, compassion for the poor, and wise peacemaking that turns away wra...

Proverbs 28:18-28

Proverbs 28:18-28

Proverbs 28:18-28

A Fool Follows Their Heart

These proverbs contrast blamelessness, faithful work, honest speech, humility, generosity, and trust in God with perversity, get-rich-quick schemes, p...