Hahaha…this passage kinda makes me laugh. At first sight, it looks like Solomon is complaining: “There is an evil I have seen under the sun…Folly is set in great dignity, while the rich sit in a lowly place. I have seen servants on horses, While princes walk on the ground like servants.” Solomon, one of more »

“If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses.” Retaliation. Revenge. Rejection. Those are a few things we might feel to a certain level whenever someone else is significantly unhappy with us. This passage uses the example of a ruler expressing dissatisfaction with a subordinate, more »

Where is my heart? Ecclesiastes 10:2 says, “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” During Bible times, the left hand was seen as bad. Right-handed people were good, and left-handed people had a severe problem. Of course, we know that there is nothing inherently about the more »

One verse, but a compelling one indeed: “Dead flies putrefy

Wow, I really enjoyed this passage. To summarize, a small city with a few people in it were besieged by a large army (sounds like the Alamo, eh?). However, there lived in the city a man who was poor but wise and because of his wisdom (and I assume his cunning), the city figured out more »

Why do I sometimes engage in activities into which I don’t pour my energy? It’s a waste of my time. In fact, it’s a waste of God’s time. Have you ever thought about the manner in which God accomplishes things? Whenever He does something, He does it to the best of His perfect ability. However, more »

A reminder and exhortation to the righteous are both found in this passage. First of all, one is useful on this earth only when he is alive. Secondly, God approves of righteous living, so keep on living in such a manner. Let’s start with the common sense, “A living dog is better than a dead more »

“Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil…” Truly! Oh, how the truth hurts, eh? “…And after that they go to the dead.” I am reminded of Romans 7, that well-known chapter in which Paul describes the struggle between his flesh and his new nature. Saved but still sinners are we! more »

Without the explanation offered in the first verse of Ecclesiastes 9, the following verses would have an entirely different, hopeless meaning from what they actually do. Ecclesiastes 9:1 ends by saying, “People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.” Verse 2 says, “All things come alike to all: one event happens more »

Hmmm…hard to find much encouragement for life in this passage: “There is a vanity which occurs on earth…I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry…a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun…though a wise man attempts to know it, more »