Ecclesiastes 7:25-26 (KJV)
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things , and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (KJV)
20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Consider Your Life Before God
When we believe and know about the Lord Jesus, it is good to seek Him out often, through the Bible and prayer. This is where He is able to speak to our heart and soul and lead us into righteousness.
Galatians 5:16,17
Galatians 5:16,17 (KJV)
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
TV And Movies Have Gone Too Far
When was the last TV Show or Movie that you did not see a sex scene or have sexual innuendos, witches, killing, swear words and or drunkenness?
Ecclesiastes 7:5
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (KJV)
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Take Rebuke With Joy
When you are in sin and are approached about it by someone, don’t get upset, but thank them and repent.
God’s Goodness In Us
As we are called by Jesus to “abide in me, and I in you”, the more we do so, the more we will walk in His good works.
Ecclesiastes 6:3,4
Ecclesiastes 6:3,4 (KJV)
3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Keep Your Promises To God
Solomon taught that these things that we promise to God, but then do the opposite, God hates. We are so foolish in this.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Ecclesiastes 5:15 (KJV)
15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:4,5
Ecclesiastes 5:4,5 (KJV)
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
The Comforter
When Jesus was about to leave this earthly life, He explained to His disciples that He would always be with them.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (KJV)
1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Romans 10:9-11
Romans 10:9-11 (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Jesus Is God
The Bible is clear that Jesus is God and also our judge and creator. He is our Lord God and deserves our praise and worship.
Nehemiah 9:6,7
Nehemiah 9:6,7 (KJV)
6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
The Place Of Judgement
As for those people that have either rejected the Lord Jesus in their lives or didn’t show fruits of their faith, they will have a very different outcome, come judgement day.
Ecclesiastes 3:20,21
Ecclesiastes 3:20,21 (KJV)
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:16,17
Ecclesiastes 3:16,17 (KJV)
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes 3:14,15
Ecclesiastes 3:14,15 (KJV)
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
There Is A Time For All Things
Surely, there are many things that we can do in our day and throughout life but most important is our choice to follow Jesus and do as He commands.
Ecclesiastes 3:10,11
Ecclesiastes 3:10,11 (KJV)
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:1,2
Ecclesiastes 3:1,2 (KJV)
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
God Gives To the Foolish And Wise
While I pondered about God’s presence and everything I had done apart from Him, I felt so guilty. Deep down, I felt so foolish.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
Ecclesiastes 2:26 (KJV)
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
A Life Of Vanity
Think about your life and what you have done and gained from it. Has everything brought you the happiness you were looking for? Now examine what you have enjoyed the most.
Ecclesiastes 2:9-11
Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 (KJV)
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
Ecclesiastes 2:3 (KJV)
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Finished My Study On Proverbs
I give God praise for working through me in these last five months of reading and studying Proverbs. I have gained so much knowledge and wisdom from each passage of scripture.
Vanity
If you feel impelled to have the best things in life, those things that you gain are all vanity. Also, the things that we do not need but gain anyways is only acting out of covetousness.