Living by Faith: 5 Lessons From the Book of Habakkuk a 5-Day Devotional by Dwan Dixon

BEMA Liturgy I—Part D

Journey Through Joshua

Israel: God's Holy Land

The Furnace of Leadership

Keys to Answered Prayer

Lighting Up Our City: Week 3-Connecting Through Your Story

A Forever Promise (Bible App for Kids)

Winter Warm-Up

8 Weeks to Spiritual Fitness

New International Version

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk1KI">
      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="1KI.11.1+1KI.11.2+1KI.11.3+1KI.11.4+1KI.11.5+1KI.11.6+1KI.11.7+1KI.11.8+1KI.11.9+1KI.11.10+1KI.11.11+1KI.11.12+1KI.11.13+1KI.11.14">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter&#8212;Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They were from nations about which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had told the Israelites, &#8220;You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.&#8221; Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God, as the heart of David his father had been. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; he did not follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> completely, as David his father had done.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Solomon, &#8220;Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Adversaries</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. </span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk1KI">
      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="1KI.11.23+1KI.11.24+1KI.11.25+1KI.11.26+1KI.11.27+1KI.11.28+1KI.11.29+1KI.11.30+1KI.11.31+1KI.11.32+1KI.11.33+1KI.11.34+1KI.11.35+1KI.11.36+1KI.11.37+1KI.11.38+1KI.11.39+1KI.11.40">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When David destroyed Zobah&#8217;s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus, where they settled and took control. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Rezon was Israel&#8217;s adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram and was hostile toward Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon&#8217;s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then he said to Jeroboam, &#8220;Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon&#8217;s hand and give you ten tribes. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I will do this because they have</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:33 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">because he has</span></span></span><span class="content"> forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees and laws as David, Solomon&#8217;s father, did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.11.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon&#8217;s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I will take the kingdom from his son&#8217;s hands and give you ten tribes. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">I will humble David&#8217;s descendants because of this, but not forever.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.11.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon&#8217;s death.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk2CH">
      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="2CH.24.15">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. </span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkECC">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ECC.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Everything Is Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of the Teacher,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the leader of the assembly</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 2 and 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of David, king in Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Meaningless! Meaningless!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="content">says the Teacher.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Utterly meaningless!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="content">Everything is meaningless.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What do people gain from all their labors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.1.3"><span class="content">at which they toil under the sun?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Generations come and generations go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.1.4"><span class="content">but the earth remains forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The sun rises and the sun sets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.1.5"><span class="content">and hurries back to where it rises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The wind blows to the south</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">and turns to the north;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">round and round it goes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">ever returning on its course.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All streams flow into the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">yet the sea is never full.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">To the place the streams come from,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">there they return again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All things are wearisome,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">more than one can say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">The eye never has enough of seeing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">nor the ear its fill of hearing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">What has been will be again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="content">what has been done will be done again;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="content">there is nothing new under the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Is there anything of which one can say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Look! This is something new&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">It was here already, long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">it was here before our time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No one remembers the former generations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">and even those yet to come</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">will not be remembered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">by those who follow them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom Is Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">What is crooked cannot be straightened;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.1.15"><span class="content">what is lacking cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I said to myself, &#8220;Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.1.18"><span class="content">the more knowledge, the more grief.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkECC">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="ECC.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Pleasures Are Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I said to myself, &#8220;Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.&#8221; But that also proved to be meaningless. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Laughter,&#8221; I said, &#8220;is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly&#8212;my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> as well&#8212;the delights of a man&#8217;s heart. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.2.10"><span class="content">I refused my heart no pleasure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.2.10"><span class="content">My heart took delight in all my labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.2.10"><span class="content">and this was the reward for all my toil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.2.11"><span class="content">and what I had toiled to achieve,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.2.11"><span class="content">everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.2.11"><span class="content">nothing was gained under the sun.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.2.12"><span class="content">and also madness and folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.2.12"><span class="content">What more can the king&#8217;s successor do</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.2.12"><span class="content">than what has already been done?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I saw that wisdom is better than folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.2.13"><span class="content">just as light is better than darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wise have eyes in their heads,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.2.14"><span class="content">while the fool walks in the darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.2.14"><span class="content">but I came to realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.2.14"><span class="content">that the same fate overtakes them both.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then I said to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The fate of the fool will overtake me also.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.2.15"><span class="content">What then do I gain by being wise?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.2.15"><span class="content">I said to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;This too is meaningless.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.2.16"><span class="content">the days have already come when both have been forgotten.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.2.16"><span class="content">Like the fool, the wise too must die!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Toil Is Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ECC.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ECC.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ECC.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ECC.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ECC.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ECC.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">To the person 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.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

Cronológica Anual (365 Días)Sample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related Plans