Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 11:7–10 (ESV)7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days … Continue reading Prepare in Your Youth
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 11:1–6 (ESV)1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.3 If … Continue reading Do Not Allow Fear to Stop You
Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page to follow along every day. Thanks for … Continue reading Wisdom for Life
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 10:5–7 (ESV)5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:6 folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low … Continue reading Not As We Would Expect
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 10:1–4 (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 … Continue reading A Little Bad Ruins a Lot of Good
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:13–16 (ESV) 13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14 There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it … Continue reading The Limitations of Wisdom
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:11–12 (ESV) 11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those … Continue reading We Never Know the Time
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:7–10 (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 … Continue reading Enjoy Your Life
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:4–6 (ESV) 4 But he who is joined with all the living has 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, … Continue reading A Living Dog Is Better Than a Dead Lion
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 (ESV) 9 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not … Continue reading The Certainty of Death
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