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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John Raynar Podcasts
Ecc 6:1 There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:19 And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:18 Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:17 Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us. Ecc 5:16 And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.…
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Ecc 5:12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:10 Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us. Ecc 5:16 And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.…
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Ecc 5:6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved. Ecc 5:7 Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.…
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Ecc 5:8 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved. Ecc 5:7 Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.…
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Ecc 5:4 When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. Ecc 5:5 It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:3 Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:1 As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God. Ecc 5:2 Don’t make rash promises, and don’t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.By John Raynar
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Ecc 4:13 It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice. Ecc 4:14 Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison. Ecc 4:15 But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth who replaces him. Ecc 4:16 Endless crowds stand around him, but …
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Ecc 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Ecc 4:10 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! Ecc 4:11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? Ecc 4:12 And though a man might prevail against o…
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Ecc 4:7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: Ecc 4:8 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.…
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Ecc 4:5 The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh. Ecc 4:6 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.By John Raynar
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Ecc 4:4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.By John Raynar
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Ecc 4:1 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. Ecc 4:2 And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. Ecc 4:3 But b…
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Ecc 3:21 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? Ecc 3:22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. Ecc 3:19 For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all i…
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Ecc 3:17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:17 Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.By John Raynar
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Ecc 5:11 The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.By John Raynar
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The God-Given Task Ecc 3:9 What gain has the worker from his toil? Ecc 3:10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.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 3:7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;By John Raynar
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Ecc 3:6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;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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Proverbs 10:7 -- The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.By John Raynar
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Proverbs 9:17 -- Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.By John Raynar
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Proverbs 8:19 -- My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.By John Raynar
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Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.By John Raynar
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Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.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 2:18 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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