Proverbs
August 1998
August 31, 1998 = = Eccl 1:11
There is no remembrance of people of former times, nor will there be of those also who will come to be later. There will prove to be no remembrance even of them among those who will come to be still later on.
August 30, 1998 = = Eccl 1:9
That which has come to be, that is what will come to be; and that which has been done, that is what will be done; and so there is nothing new under the sun.
August 29, 1998 = = Eccl 1:8
All things are wearisome; no one is able to speak of it. The eye is not satisfied at seeing, neither is the ear filled from hearing.
August 28, 1998 = = Eccl 1:5
And the sun also has flashed forth, and the sun has set, and it is coming panting to its place where it is going to flash forth.
August 27, 1998 = = Eccl 1:2
"The greatest vanity!" the congregator has said, "the greatest vanity! Everything is vanity!"
August 26, 1998 = = Eccl 3:11
Everything he has made pretty in its time. Even time indefinite he has put in their heart, that mankind may never find out the work that the [true] God has made from the start to the finish.
August 25, 1998 = = Eccl 9:9
See life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that He has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity, for that is your portion in life and in your hard work with which you are working hard under the sun.
August 24, 1998 = = Eccl 9:5
For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.
August 23, 1998 = = Eccl 9:16
And I myself said: "Wisdom is better than mightiness; yet the wisdom of the needy one is despised, and his words are not listened to."
August 22, 1998 = = Eccl 9:18
Wisdom is better than implements for fighting, and merely one sinner can destroy much good.
August 21, 1998 = = Eccl 10:9
He that is quarrying out stones will hurt himself with them. He that is splitting logs will have to be careful with them.
August 20, 1998 = = Eccl 10:10
If an iron tool has become blunt and someone has not whetted its edge, then he will exert his own vital energies. So the using of wisdom to success means advantage.
August 19, 1998 = = Prov 27:17
By iron, iron itself is sharpened. So one man sharpens the face of another.
August 18, 1998 = = Prov 15:16
Better is a little in the fear of Jehovah than an abundant supply and confusion along with it.
August 17, 1998 = = Prov 15:17
Better is a dish of vegetables where there is love than a manger-fed bull and hatred along with it.
August 16, 1998 = = Eccl 1:15
That which is made crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot possibly be counted.
August 15, 1998 = = Prov 17:10
A rebuke works deeper in one having understanding than striking a stupid one a hundred times.
August 14, 1998 = = Prov 26:16
The lazy one is wiser in his own eyes than seven giving a sensible reply.
August 13, 1998 = = Eccl 9:11
I returned to see under the sun that the swift do not have the race, nor the mighty ones the battle, nor do the wise also have the food, nor do the understanding ones also have the riches, nor do even those having knowledge have the favor; because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all.
August 12, 1998 = = Eccl 8:12
Although a sinner may be doing bad a hundred times and continuing a long time as he pleases, yet I am also aware that it will turn out well with those fearing the [true] God, because they were in fear of him.
August 11, 1998 = = Eccl 3:8
There is a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
August 10, 1998 = = Eccl 3:7
There is a time to rip apart and a time to sew together; a time to keep quiet and a time to speak.
August 09, 1998 = = Eccl 3:6
There is a time to seek and a time to give up as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away.
August 08, 1998 = = Eccl 3:5
There is a time to throw stones away and a time to bring stones together; a time to embrace and a time to keep away from embracing.
August 07, 1998 = = Eccl 3:4
There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to wail and a time to skip about.
August 06, 1998 = = Eccl 3:3
There is a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build.
August 05, 1998 = = Eccl 3:2
There is a time for birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what was planted.
August 04, 1998 = = Eccl 3:1
For everything there is an appointed time, even a time for every affair under the heavens.
August 03, 1998 = = Eccl 1:10
Does anything exist of which one may say: "See this; it is new"? It has already had existence for time indefinite; what has come into existence is from time prior to us.
August 02, 1998 = = Eccl 1:4
A generation is going, and a generation is coming; but the earth is standing even to time indefinite.
August 01, 1998 = = Eccl 2:25
For who eats and who drinks better than I do?