Banchory Christian Fellowship Church
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Ecclesiastes 4
English Standard Version Anglicised
Evil Under the Sun
4 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. 3 But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
5 The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
6 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. 14 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor. 15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that[a] youth who was to stand in the king's[b] place. 16 There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Footnotes
3rd Oct 2021 - ”THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN” - Danial 2
26th Sept 2021 - ”The Church That Won‘t Be Silenced” - Acts 4:1-31
19th Sept 2021 - ”There is power in the name of Jesus” - Acts 3
12th Sept 2021 - ”What Kind of Church” - Acts 2:42-47
5th Sept 2021 - ”Daniel‘s Faithfulness” - Daniel 1
29th Aug 2021 - "The Message of God's Mission" - Acts 2:1-41
22nd Aug 2021 - "God's People Prepared For God's Mission" - Acts 1:12-26
8th Aug 2021 - "Do I need a Superhero like Jesus?" - Mark 10:17-31
1st August 2021 - "The Transforming Power of God" - Isaiah 61:1-11
25th July 2021 - "God is Jealous" - Exodus 20:1-6 & 34:12-14
18th July 2021 - "The past and future that drives the present" - Titus 2(ESV)
11th July 2021 - "A Last Request" - Adrian Rowett
27th June 2021 - "Can Someone Change?" - Acts 9:1-19
20th June 2021 - "God's Servant In Our Place" - Isaiah 53:4-6
13th June 2021 - "The Unrecognised Servant" - Isaiah 52:13 - 53:3
6th June 2021- "The Upside-down Kingdom" - Mark 10:35-45
30th May 2021 - "God's Servant, The True Disciple" - Isaiah 50
23rd May 2021 - "God's Servant Speaks" - Isaiah 49:1-13
16th May 2021 - "Meet God's Servant, Your Saviour" - Isaiah 42:1-9
9th May 2021 - "Remember the Power of Prayer" - James 5:13-20
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