Amelia Gillen
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Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:17 ESV
Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:16 ESV
Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:15 ESV
In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:14 ESV
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:12 ESV
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:8 ESV
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:7 ESV
Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:5 ESV
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:3 ESV
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
Sep 16
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 6:12 ESV
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Sep 13
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 6:10 ESV
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
Sep 13
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 6:9 ESV
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Sep 13
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:20 ESV
For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
Sep 12
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
Sep 12
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
Sep 12
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:7 ESV
For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.
Sep 12
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:5 ESV
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
Sep 12
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:4 ESV
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
Sep 12
Amelia Gillen
highlighted Ecclesiastes 4:6 ESV
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
Sep 11