Discovery Box| (0.25) | Ecc 2:1 |
| I thought to myself, 1 “Come now, 2 I will try 3 self-indulgent pleasure 4 to see 5 if it is worthwhile.” 6 But I found 7 that it also is futile. 8 |
| (0.25) | Ecc 2:15 |
| So I thought to myself, “The fate of the fool will happen even to me! 1 Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively 2 wise?” 3 So I lamented to myself, 4 “The benefits of wisdom 5 are ultimately 6 meaningless!” |
| (0.25) | Ecc 2:17 |
| So I loathed 1 life 2 because what happens 3 on earth 4 seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom 5 are futile – like chasing the wind. |
| (0.25) | Ecc 2:23 |
| For all day long 1 his work produces pain and frustration, 2 and even at night his mind cannot relax! 3 This also is futile! |
| (0.25) | Ecc 4:4 |
| Then I considered 1 all the skillful work 2 that is done: Surely it is nothing more than 3 competition 4 between one person and another. 5 This also is profitless – like 6 chasing the wind. |
| (0.25) | Ecc 4:16 |
| There is no end to all the people 1 nor to the past generations, 2 yet future generations 3 will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like 4 chasing the wind. |
| (0.25) | Ecc 5:10 |
| The one who loves money 1 will never be satisfied with money, 2 he who loves wealth 3 will never be satisfied 4 with his 5 income. This also is futile. |
| (0.25) | Ecc 6:9 |
| It is better to be content with 1 what the eyes can see 2 than for one’s heart always to crave more. 3 This continual longing 4 is futile – like 5 chasing the wind. |
| (0.25) | Ecc 8:10 |
| Not only that, 1 but I have seen the wicked approaching 2 and entering the temple, 3 and as they left the holy temple, 4 they boasted 5 in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma. 6 |
| (0.25) | Ecc 11:10 |
| Banish 1 emotional stress 2 from your mind. 3 and put away pain 4 from your body; 5 for youth 6 and the prime of life 7 are fleeting. 8 |
| (0.25) | Ecc 12:13 |
| Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: 1 Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty 2 of man. |
| (0.25) | Isa 3:8 |
| Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; 1 they rebel against his royal authority. 2 |
| (0.25) | Isa 26:12 |
| O Lord, you make us secure, 1 for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us. 2 |
| (0.25) | Isa 30:1 |
| “The rebellious 1 children are as good as dead,” 2 says the Lord, “those who make plans without consulting me, 3 who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, 4 and thereby compound their sin. 5 |
| (0.25) | Isa 32:7 |
| A deceiver’s methods are evil; 1 he dreams up evil plans 2 to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right. 3 |
| (0.25) | Isa 37:32 |
| “For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies 1 will accomplish this. |
| (0.25) | Isa 41:4 |
| Who acts and carries out decrees? 1 Who 2 summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one. 3 |
| (0.25) | Isa 43:13 |
| From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; 1 I will act, and who can prevent it?” |
| (0.25) | Isa 57:16 |
| For I will not be hostile 1 forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, 2 the life-giving breath I created. |
| (0.25) | Isa 65:2 |
| I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired. 1 |
