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  Ecclesiastes 10-12


10:1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
10:3 Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.
10:4 If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.
10:5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler
10:6 Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.
10:7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
10:8 Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
10:9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
10:10 If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.
10:11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
10:12 Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.
10:13 At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness--
10:14 and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming-- who can tell him what will happen after him?
10:15 A fool's work wearies him; he does not know the way to town.
10:16 Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.
10:17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time-- for strength and not for drunkenness.
10:18 If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.
10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
10:20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
11:2 Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
11:3 If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie.
11:4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
11:6 Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
11:7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
11:8 However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.
11:9 Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
11:10 So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.
12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"--
12:2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;
12:3 when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;
12:4 when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when men rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;
12:5 when men are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.
12:6 Remember him-- before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well,
12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
12:8 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!"
12:9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.
12:10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.
12:11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails-- given by one Shepherd.
12:12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter
12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

  Galatians  1


1:1 Paul, an apostle-- sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
1:2 and all the brothers with me, To the churches in Galatia
1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
1:5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
1:7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
1:9 As we have already said, so now I say again
1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1:11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
1:12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
1:13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
1:14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
1:15 But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased
1:16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,
1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
1:18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days.
1:19 I saw none of the other apostles-- only James, the Lord's brother.
1:20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
1:21 Later I went to Syria and Cilicia.
1:22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
1:23 They only heard the report
1:24 And they praised God because of me.