“All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.”
Interpretation: Ecclesiastes reflects on the common fate of all living beings. Regardless of their status or actions, all return to dust, highlighting the vanity and fleeting nature of earthly life.
“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
“But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise—let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy—your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.”
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.”
“Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.”
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
– “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
This verse encourages teaching and guiding children in God’s ways as part of preparing them to find and follow their purpose
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”
