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Text -- Ecclesiastes 3:13-22 (NET)
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3:13 and also that everyone should eat and drink , and find enjoyment in all his toil , for these things are a gift from God .
God’s Sovereignty
3:14 I also know that whatever God does will endure forever ; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.
3:15 Whatever exists now has already been , and whatever will be has already been ; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past .
The Problem of Injustice and Oppression
3:16 I saw something else on earth : In the place of justice , there was wickedness , and in the place of fairness , there was wickedness .
3:17 I thought to myself , “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked ; for there is an appropriate time for every activity , and there is a time of judgment for every deed .
3:18 I also thought to myself , “It is for the sake of people , so God can clearly show them that they are like animals .
3:19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same : As one dies , so dies the other ; both have the same breath . There is no advantage for humans over animals , for both are fleeting .
3:20 Both go to the same place , both come from the dust , and to dust both return .
3:21 Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward , and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth ?
3:22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work , because that is their reward ; for who can show them what the future holds ?
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Life |
Instruction |
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Animals |
Death |
God |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Happiness |
Justice |
Rulers |
Dust |
Mankind |
Gifts from God |
Wicked |
Immortality |
Fear of God |
Injustice |
Judgment |
Blessing |
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