BJ
BJ's Highlights
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 8:14 NLT
And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 8:11 NLT
When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:28 NLT
Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman!
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:20 NLT
Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:14 NLT
Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT
Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:18 NLT
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.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:10 NLT
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 4:9 NLT
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 4:6 NLT
And yet, “Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind.”
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:2 NLT
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:3 NLT
A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:4 NLT
A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:5 NLT
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:6 NLT
A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:7 NLT
A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:8 NLT
A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.
May 22
BJ
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
May 22