Pre-Game Proverb with John Rayner

Ecc 7:22   For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others. Ecc 7:23   I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me. Ecc 7:24   What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it? Ecc 7:25   I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the fo...

Ecc 7:21   Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

Ecc 7:20   Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

Ecc 7:19   Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Ecc 7:16   Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself? Ecc 7:17   Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? Ecc 7:18   It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

Ecc 7:14   In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider—God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

Ecc 7:15   I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Ecc 7:13   Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

Pro 17:1   Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Ecc 7:11   Wisdom along with an inheritance is good And an advantage to those who see the sun.

Ecc 7:10   Do not say, "Why is it that the former days were better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.

Ecc 7:9   Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

Ecc 7:8   The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.

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

Ecc 7:6   For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility.

Ecc 7:5   It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to listen to the song of fools.

Ecc 7:4   The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

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

Ecc 7:2   Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies—so the living should take this to heart.

Ecc 7:1   A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

Ecc 6:11   The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they? Ecc 6:12   In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

Ecc 6:10   Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there’s no use arguing with God about your destiny.

Ecc 6:9   Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Ecc 6:7   All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

Ecc 6:3   If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. Ecc 6:4   For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. Ecc 6:5   Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet...