Start your day off with a Bible verse from Solomon's Proverbs that also features a short exposition of what God's Word means and how we can apply it to our daily walk.
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Ecc 4:7 Then I looked again at vanity under the sun. Ecc 4:8 There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievou…
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Ecc 4:5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. Ecc 4:6 One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.By John Raynar
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Ecc 4:4 And I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.By John Raynar
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Ecc 4:1 Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them. Ecc 4:2 So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are…
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Ecc 3:21 Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? Ecc 3:22 And I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:18 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." Ecc 3:19 For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. Ecc 3…
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Ecc 3:17 I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:16 Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime;By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? Ecc 3:10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: Ecc 3:2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;By John Raynar
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Ecc 2:22 What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? Ecc 2:23 For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity. Ecc 2:24 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil.…
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Ecc 2:21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.By John Raynar
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Ecc 2:16 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! Ecc 2:17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.…
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Ecc 2:18 I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,By John Raynar
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Ecc 2:19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.By John Raynar
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Ecc 2:12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. Ecc 2:13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. Ecc 2:14 The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And…
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Ecc 2:11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Ecc 2:12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.…
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Ecc 2:16 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! Ecc 2:17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.…
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Ecc 2:9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.By John Raynar
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Ecc 2:3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.By John Raynar
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Ecc 2:1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. Ecc 2:2 I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. Ecc 1:15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. Ecc 1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Ecc 1:10 Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us. Ecc 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among…
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Ecc 1:8 All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. Ecc 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. Ecc 1:7 All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.By John Raynar
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Ecc 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecc 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.By John Raynar
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Psa 20:3 May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! SelahBy John Raynar
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Psa 20:2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!By John Raynar
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Psa 20:1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!By John Raynar
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Psa 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.By John Raynar
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Psa 19:9 the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.By John Raynar
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Psa 19:4 Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, Psa 19:5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. Psa 19:6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is no…
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Psa 19:2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.By John Raynar
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delivered me from the man of violence. Psa 18:49 For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name. Psa 18:50 Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.By John Raynar
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Psa 18:47 the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me, Psa 18:48 who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.By John Raynar
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Psa 18:37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed. Psa 18:38 I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. Psa 18:39 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.By John Raynar
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Psa 18:36 You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.By John Raynar
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Psa 18:35 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.By John Raynar
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Psa 18:34 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.By John Raynar
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