1. Whatever may be said about Ecclesiastes - and many things have been said about him - he decried traditional wisdom.

2. NIV Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up.

3. "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV).

4. Ecclesiastes reads like an existentialist writing from the twentieth century.

5. " (Ecclesiastes 11:4 LB) If you wait for things to be perfect, you're going to wait a long time.

6. Ecclesiastes 10:10 says, "If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success" (NIV).

7. To paraphrase Ecclesiastes, better to be a scarred and living dog than to be a dead lion.

8. The Bible says, "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done" (Ecclesiastes 11:4 NLT).

9. Rather you should listen to these words of wisdom: "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13).

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10. but it's called Ecclesiastes because that means "the preacher," that's the translation from the Hebrew word, qoheleth So Ecclesiastes means the preacher.

11. Then, quoting the book of Koheleth, which Christians call Ecclesiastes, Rabin said, To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.

12. So much for the mood. There are, however, also intellectual arguments in Ecclesiastes.

13. Ekklesia This is very important because ekklesia, - then, in our bible, gets translated as-- Student: Ecclesiastes.

14. According to the author of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, comfort can be found in remembering that "to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven."

15. The following day, he brought a Bible with him and he read Ecclesiastes to her in the back room of the Relais.

16. We should be grateful Solomon did this, because it gave us the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, which are filled with practical lessons on living.

17. Now they are returning home and the unemployed mason, who is also a preacher, quotes Ecclesiastes: "A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.