Pre-Game Proverb with John Rayner

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 mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

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

Ecc 3:5  A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

Ecc 3:4  A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.

Ecc 3:3  A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Ecc 3:1  There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—Ecc 3:2  A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

Ecc 2:22  So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? Ecc 2:23  Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless. Ecc 2:24  So I decided there is nothing better...

Ecc 2:21  When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

Ecc 2:19  And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Ecc 2:18  Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Ecc 2:16  For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die! Ecc 2:17  So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun...

Ecc 2:12  So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can do this better than I, the king?).Ecc 2:13  I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness. Ecc 2:14  For the wise can see where they...

Ecc 2:10  Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. Ecc 2:11  But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like...

Ecc 2:9  So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me.

Ecc 2:8  Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men—many concubines.

Ecc 2:6  I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees. Ecc 2:7  I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.

Ecc 2:4  I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself;Ecc 2:5  I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees

Ecc 2:3  After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.

Ecc 2:1  I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility. Ecc 2:2  I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"

Ecc 1:16  I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."Ecc 1:17  And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and...

Ecc 1:14  I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind. Ecc 1:15  What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered.

Ecc 1:12  I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem. Ecc 1:13  I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the...

Ecc 1:9  That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. Ecc 1:10  Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages...

Ecc 1:8  All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing. Ecc 1:9  That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there...