Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+001 Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs)   Introduction   Traditional wedding celebrations in the Middle East cast the bride and groom in the roles of a king and his queen. The festivities include love songs and also special songs that praise the physical beauty of the bride or the […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+012   Ecclesiastes 12 (ESV) 1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, … […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+011   Ecclesiastes 11 (ESV) 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Remove vexation from your heart, […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+010   Ecclesiastes 10 (ESV) 1 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+009   Ecclesiastes 9 (ESV) 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life […]