The Voice

I read Song of Songs 2: “Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.” -Song of Songs 2:7 (NIV) (2 minutes & 28 seconds of archived audio)

I read Song of Songs 1: “How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.” -Song of Songs 1:15 (NIV) (2 minutes and 38 seconds of archived audio*) *recorded with Karyn, my wife.

I read Ecclesiastes 12: “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” -Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV) (2 minutes & 39 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 11: “Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.” -Ecclesiastes 11:6 (NIV) (2 minutes & 43 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 10: “If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.” -Ecclesiastes 10:10 (NIV) (2 minutes & 46 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 9: “The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.” -Ecclesiastes 9:17 (NIV) (3 minutes & 50 seconds of archived audio)

Today I read Ecclesiastes 8: “When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.” -Ecclesiastes 8:11 (NIV) (3 minutes & 3 seconds of archived audio)

Today I read Ecclesiastes 7: “Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city.” -Ecclesiastes 7:19 (NIV) (4 minutes & 15 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 6: “The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?” -Ecclesiastes 6:11 (NIV) (2 minutes and 1 second of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 5: “It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.” -Ecclesiastes 5:5 (NIV) (3 minutes and 14 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 4: “If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” -Ecclesiastes 4:10 (NIV) (2 minutes and 46 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 3: “I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” -Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 (NIV) (2 minutes and 56 seconds of archived audio)

I read Ecclesiastes 2: “To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” -Ecclesiastes 2:26 (NIV) (4 minutes and… Continue reading November 2nd

I read Ecclesiastes 1: “Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.” -Ecclesiastes 1:10 (NIV) (2 minutes and 19 seconds of archived audio)

I read Titus 1: To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.”-Titus 1:15 (NIV) (3 minutes and 8 seconds of archived audio)

I read 2 Timothy 4: “Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.” -2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV) (3 minutes and 17 seconds of archived audio)

I read 2 Timothy 3: “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than… Continue reading Oct...

I read 2 Timothy 2: “Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.” -2 Timothy 2:23 (NIV) (3 minutes and 52 seconds of archived audio)

I read 2 Timothy 1: “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” -2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV) (2 minutes and 47 seconds of archived audio)

I read Proverbs 31: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.” -Proverbs 31:8 NIV (3 minutes of archived audio)

I read Proverbs 30: “”If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!” -Proverbs 30:32 (NIV) (4 minutes and 38 seconds of archived audio)

I read Proverbs 29: “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.” -Proverbs 29:11 (NIV) (3 minutes and 21 seconds of archived audio)

I read Proverbs 28: He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. -Proverbs 28:13 (NIV) (3 minutes and 30 seconds of archived audio)

I read Proverbs 27: “Better is open rebuke than hidden love.” -Proverbs 27:5 (NIV) (3 minutes and 5 seconds of archived audio)

I read Proverbs 26: “Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.” -Proverbs 26:17 (NIV) (3 minutes and 23 seconds of archived audio)