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What phrase does the Preacher repeat to describe life as meaningless?
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Why distinction does the Preacher make between the living and the dead in chapter 4?
Because “the dead… are more fortunate than the living which are yet alive.”
Ecclesiastes 4:2
What does the Preacher claim is better than precious ointment?
“A good name.”
Ecclesiastes 7:1
What contaminates and creates a stench much like how a little folly ruins honor and wisdom
Dead Flies
Ecclesiastes 10:1
What phrase does the Preacher repeat to describe man's time on earth?
What is "Life under the Sun"
What does the Preacher say is given to man by God, to be enjoyed as a gift?
“To eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13
What is better than one person?
*And WHY?
“Two are better than one… for if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10
It is better to go to the house of [Blank] than the house of of [Blank] for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart
Mourning and Feasting
Ecclesiastes 7:2
What kind of land/kingdom is blessed?
Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
and whose princes eat at a proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.
Ecclesiastes 10:17
What is the Hebrew phrase/word for "Fleeting/without substance/Vapor"
What is Hevel/Hebel
What fate do both the wise and the fool share?
Both die
Ecclesiastes 2:16
What is better than the sacrifice of fools when going to the house of God?
“To draw near to listen.”
Ecclesiastes 5:1
What does the Preacher say is better than strength/might?
“Wisdom is better than strength.”
Ecclesiastes 9:16
What "evil" does the Preacher claim to have seen because of wrongful status/authority
"Fools are put in many high positions,
while the rich occupy the low ones.
I have seen slaves on horseback,
while princes go on foot like slaves."
Ecclesiastes 10:7
“For my [Blank] are not your [Blank],
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
“As the [Blank] are higher than the [Blank],
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Isaiah 55:8-9
Name 2 contrasts that the preacher gives about times/seasons
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
What does the Preacher say is common among men, even when God gives riches, wealth, and honor?
A man may not have the power to enjoy them.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
What does the Preacher observe about the race, battle, bread, riches, and favor in life?
“The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong… but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
Ecclesiastes 9:11
List 3 metaphors the Preacher uses to represent declining life/old age?
*Son/Light/Moon/Stars goes dark
*Keepers of House/Strongmen falling
*Grinders Ceasing
*Windows dim, door close
*Songs of Birds grow faint
*People are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets;
* almond tree blossoms
*grasshopper drags itself along
and desire no longer is stirred.
*People go to their eternal home
and mourners go about the streets.
*The silver cord is severed,
and the golden bowl is broken;
*Pitcher is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel broken at the well,
and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
In Ecclesiastes what does the Teacher say God has “put into man’s heart,” yet man cannot fully grasp?
Eternity
Ecclesiastes 3:11
What question does the Preacher raise about the spirit of man and beast?
“Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”
Ecclesiastes 3:21
What conclusion does the Preacher give about man’s toil and striving for more in life?
“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”
Ecclesiastes 6:7
According to Ecclesiastes, what is better than the shout of a ruler among fools?
“The words of wise men heard in quiet.”
Ecclesiastes 9:17
Where and in what way does the spirit arrive into a child?
In the Womb, we do not know
"As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child"
Ecclesiastes 11:5
What TWO conclusions does Solomon come to at the end of Ecclesiastes that men should do?
“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment…”
📖 Ecclesiastes 12: 13 - 14