Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+004   Ecclesiastes 4 (ESV) 7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+003   Ecclesiastes 3 (ESV) 1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; … 9 What gain has the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the business that God […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+002   Ecclesiastes 2 (ESV) 4 I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+001   ECCLESIASTES INTRODUCTION Ecclesiastes is the collected words of a “teacher” or “preacher.” The Teacher is described as having been king over Israel in Jerusalem, and as the son of David. Both of these mean that he was in the royal line of Judah. He is not further identified, and […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Proverbs+031   Proverbs 31 (ESV) 1 The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:… 10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good, and not […]