Pre Game Proverb

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

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 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. 

Proverbs 9:17 -- Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 

Proverbs 8:19 -- My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. 

Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Ecc 3:3  a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Ecc 3:1  For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:Ecc 3:2  a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

Ecc 2:22  What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?Ecc 2:23  For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.Ecc 2:24  There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,Ecc 2:25  for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?Ecc 2:26  For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecc 2:21  because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecc 2:18  I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

Ecc 2:18  I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

Ecc 2:12  So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.Ecc 2:13  Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.Ecc 2:14  The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.

Ecc 2:10  And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.Ecc 2:11  Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecc 2:18  I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

Ecc 2:9  So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecc 2:3  I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

Ecc 2:1  I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.Ecc 2:2  I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

Ecc 1:14  I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.Ecc 1:15  What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Ecc 1:12  I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.Ecc 1:13  And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Ecc 1:9  What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.Ecc 1:10  Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us.Ecc 1:11  There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.

Ecc 1:8  All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.Ecc 1:9  What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecc 1:6  The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.Ecc 1:7  All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

Ecc 1:4  A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

Ecc 1:2  Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Ecc 1:1  The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.Ecc 1:2  Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Psa 20:3  May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

Psa 20:2  May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!

Psa 20:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

Psa 19:13  Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.

Psa 19:3  There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.Psa 19:4  Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

Psa 19:4  Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,Psa 19:5  which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.Psa 19:6  Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Psa 19:2  Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

Psa 18:49  For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.Psa 18:50  Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.

Psa 18:47  the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,Psa 18:48  who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.

Psa 18:37  I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.Psa 18:38  I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.Psa 18:39  For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

Psa 18:36  You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.