Today's Focus Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:1-9
Ecclesiastes 9:1-9
1 For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could
declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in
the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they
see before them. 2 All things come alike
to all:
One event happens to
the righteous and the wicked;
To the good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
To the good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is
done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the
hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in
their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the
dead. 4 But for him who is joined to all the living
there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For
the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
7 Go,
eat your bread with joy,
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.
8 Let your garments always be white,
And let your head lack no oil.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all
the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days
of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor
which you perform under the sun.
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