Pre Game Proverb

Ecc 7:3  Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

Ecc 7:2  It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. 

Ecc 7:7  For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.

Ecc 7:1  A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

Ecc 6:11  For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?Ecc 6:12  For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecc 6:10  Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

Ecc 6:9  What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.

Ecc 6:8  For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

Ecc 6:7  All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Ecc 6:3  If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,Ecc 6:4  for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.Ecc 6:5  "It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.Ecc 6:6  "Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?"

Ecc 6:1  There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.

Ecc 5:19  And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.

Ecc 5:18  Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.

Ecc 5:17  Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.

Ecc 5:15  We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can't take our riches with us.Ecc 5:16  And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

Ecc 5:12  People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep. 

Ecc 5:10  Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

Ecc 5:15  We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can't take our riches with us.Ecc 5:16  And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

Ecc 5:6  Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.Ecc 5:7  Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead. 

Ecc 5:8  Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Ecc 5:6  Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.Ecc 5:7  Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.

Ecc 5:4  When you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.Ecc 5:5  It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

Ecc 5:3  Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool.

Ecc 5:1  As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.Ecc 5:2  Don't make rash promises, and don't be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.

Ecc 4:13  It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.Ecc 4:14  Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.Ecc 4:15  But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth who replaces him.Ecc 4:16  Endless crowds stand around him, but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Ecc 4:9  Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.Ecc 4:10  For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!Ecc 4:11  Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?Ecc 4:12  And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecc 4:7  Again, I saw vanity under the sun:Ecc 4:8  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 also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecc 4:5  The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.Ecc 4:6  Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecc 4:4  Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecc 4:1  Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.Ecc 4:2  And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.Ecc 4:3  But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Ecc 3:21  Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?Ecc 3:22  So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Ecc 3:18  I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.Ecc 3:19  For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.Ecc 3:20  All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Ecc 3:17  I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

Ecc 3:16  Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

Ecc 3:15  That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.

Ecc 5:17  Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry. 

Ecc 3:15  That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.

Ecc 5:15  We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can't take our riches with us.Ecc 5:16  And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

Ecc 3:14  I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

Ecc 5:12  People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep. 

Ecc 3:13  also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

 Ecc 5:11  The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!

Ecc 3:12  I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

Ecc 5:8  Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Ecc 3:11  He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

The God-Given TaskEcc 3:9  What gain has the worker from his toil?Ecc 3:10  I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Ecc 3:8  a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecc 3:7  a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Ecc 3:6  a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Ecc 3:5  a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Proverbs 10:7  -- The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.