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Themes in Ecclesiastes 5

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Themes in Ecclesiastes 5

Ecclesiastes 5:1 (show verse)

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

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 in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore 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 the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through 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, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay 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)

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Swearing/vowing » Not swearing or vowing at all

Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice 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 in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather,

fear God.

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

Ecclesiastes 5:8 (show verse)

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over 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)

After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

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

Ecclesiastes 5:10 (show verse)

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.

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, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?

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

Ecclesiastes 5:12 (show verse)

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to 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 grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

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

Ecclesiastes 5:14 (show verse)

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up

Ecclesiastes 5:15 (show verse)

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

No Themes for this verse.

Ecclesiastes 5:16 (show verse)

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

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

Ecclesiastes 5:17 (show verse)

Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, 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 and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this 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)

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the 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 will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness 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