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Themes in Ecclesiastes 5

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Themes in Ecclesiastes 5

Ecclesiastes 5:1 (show verse)

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

Awe » For the aged » For the sanctuary
Fools » Worship of, hateful to God
Formalism » The insufficiency of
Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the house and worship of God
Religion » Formalism » The insufficiency of
Reverence » For the sanctuary
Speech/communication » How not to speak
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal
true and false Worship » For worship of God house of God, the place of worship » General references to

Ecclesiastes 5:2 (show verse)

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Haste » Not being hasty
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Brevity encouraged
Prayer » Should be offered up » With deliberation
Prayer » Profuse, to be avoided
Rashness » Warnings against
Speech/communication » How not to speak

Ecclesiastes 5:3 (show verse)

For dreams result from much work and a fool’s voice from many words.

Dream » Vanity of
Dreams » General references to
Dreams » Excess of business frequently leads to
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
Folly » Of men » Revealed
Fools » Characteristics of » Reveal their folly
Speaking » Folly in
Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
Speech/communication » The multitude of words
Speech/communication » Who is full of words
Vain talk » Vain talk condemned
Words » Fool known by the multitude of

Ecclesiastes 5:4 (show verse)

When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because He does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow.

Fools » God has no pleasure in
Procrastination » To be avoided in » Performance of vows
Swearing/vowing » Not breaking your vows to the lord
Swearing/vowing » Not swearing or vowing at all
Vows » Sacred, to be kept

Ecclesiastes 5:5 (show verse)

Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.

Swearing/vowing » Not swearing or vowing at all

Ecclesiastes 5:6 (show verse)

Do not let your mouth bring guilt on you, and do not say in the presence of the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Priest » Before moses » Called "angel,"
Sin » Against the body
Swearing/vowing » Not swearing or vowing at all

Ecclesiastes 5:7 (show verse)

For many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

Dream » Vanity of
Dreams » General references to
Dreams » Vanity of trusting to natural
Speaking » Folly in

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Injustice » God » Regards
Justice » God » Displeased with the want of
the Needy » Divine care for
Oppression » God will judge
The poor » Divine care for

Ecclesiastes 5:9 (show verse)

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

Agriculture or husbandry » Contributes to the support of all
Kings » Dependent on the earth
Land » Products of, for all

Ecclesiastes 5:10 (show verse)

The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Contentment » The wicked want
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
greed » Misery of
greed » Results of » Disappointment
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Riches » Described as » Unsatisfying
Riches » Vanity of heaping up
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Unsatisfied » Accumulation of wealth
Vanity » Love of riches is
Wealth » Those that love wealth

Ecclesiastes 5:11 (show verse)

When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?

Riches » The wicked » Profit not by
Riches » Vanity of heaping up

Ecclesiastes 5:12 (show verse)

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

Business » Cares » Sleeplessness
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
Care » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
business Cares » Sleeplessness
Insomnia » Care of wealth
Labor » Those that labor
Riches » Often lead to » Anxiety
Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Care of wealth

Ecclesiastes 5:13 (show verse)

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Parsimony » General references to
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up
Riches » The wicked » Keep, to their hurt

Ecclesiastes 5:14 (show verse)

That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up

Ecclesiastes 5:15 (show verse)

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

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Ecclesiastes 5:16 (show verse)

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing

Ecclesiastes 5:17 (show verse)

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions
Disease » Sent as a judgment » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Sickness » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Sickness » The wicked » A large amount » Sorrow
Sin » Secret » Sickness caused by

Ecclesiastes 5:18 (show verse)

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

Enjoyment » Enjoying the fruits of your labor
Epicureans » Worldly pleasure sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Giving and gifts » The gift of God
Joy » Earthly » Enjoyment sought
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life

Ecclesiastes 5:19 (show verse)

God has also given riches and wealth to every man, and He has allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labor. This is a gift of God,

Enjoyment » Enjoying the fruits of your labor
Gifts from God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
the Gifts of God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
Giving and gifts » The gift of God
Riches » God gives
earthly Riches » The gift of God
earthly Treasures » Disappointing » Men entrusted with, by God

Ecclesiastes 5:20 (show verse)

for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Enjoyment » Enjoying the fruits of your labor
Gifts from God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
the Gifts of God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
Giving and gifts » The gift of God