Ecclesiastes 11

• Charity/kindness (vs 1-4)
• Since you don’t know the complete will of God, you should work hard, but expect trouble (vs 5-8)
• Judgment day is coming (vs 9-10)

Ecclesiastes 12

• Remember that you have a Creator; remember your Creator (vs 1)
• A figurative description of aging (vs 2-8)
  • winter, not springtime, of life (vs 2)
  • hands, legs, teeth, eyes (vs 3)
  • lips, mouth, voice/hearing, loss of sleep (vs 4)
  • feebleness, fear, hair loss, loss of appetite (vs 5)
  • spinal cord, brain, heart (vs 6)
  • death and decay (vs 7)
• An example of teaching others (vs 9-12)
• The conclusion: Fear God (Ecclesiates 12:13-14)

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Ecclesiastes 8

• Does your face shine? (vs 1)
• Do you honor your political leaders? (vs 2-4; 1 Peter 2:17; Daniel 4:37)
• Do you know that you will die? (vs 5-8)
• Are you bossy, or a bully? (vs 9)
• Do you not see that, in the end, evil shall be punished? (vs 10-13)
• Do you wonder why some things happen contrary to what you expect? (vs 14-17)

Ecclesiastes 9

• Does anyone know his earthly future? (vs 1-3)
• Life and death stir up many questions (vs 4-6)
• Enjoy the life that God has given you (vs 7-10)
• Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things don’t work out (vs 11)
• The snares and pitfalls of life (vs 12-13)
• The forgotten (and unappreciated) wise man (vs 14-18)

Ecclesiastes 10

• Don’t destroy your reputation in a moment of foolishness (vs 1-3)
• Learn how to behave before your king (vs 4, 20)
• The world is often upside down (vs 5-7)
• You reap what you sow (vs 8-10)
• Words of wisdom; words of folly (vs 11-15)
• Your choice of king (vs 16-17)
• Idleness, ease and money (vs 18-19)

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Some things are better than others

• Why work and accumulate if you aren’t going to spend it? (6:1-2)
• Having a large family and living to an old age doesn’t satisfy the soul (vs 3-6)
• How can you know what is best? (vs 7-12)
• A good name is desirable. So is death. (Ecclesiastes 7:1).
• Sorrow should teach us (vs 2-5).
• Finishing is better than merely starting a thing (7:8)
• Don’t be soon angry (7:9)
• Don’t long for “the good old days.” (7:10)
• Money is good; but wisdom is better (vs 11-12, 19)
• Consider God’s providence (vs 13-15)
• Don’t be extreme in anything (vs 16-18)
• All men are sinners (Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:23)
• Watch what you say-mind your mouth (vs 21-22)
• Wisdom is difficult to attain (vs 23-25)
• A bad woman is worse than death (vs 26)
• There are a few good men; and no good women (Ecclesiastes 7:27-29)

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Life is tough

• The dead don’t suffer any longer; but it’s better never to have been born (Ecclesiastes 4:1-3)
• It’s funny, men envy all these things that don’t satisfy the soul (Ecclesiastes 4:4)
• Idleness is folly (4:5)
• Why does a single person work so hard? (4:6-8)
• Having a friend is better than being a hermit (4:9-12).
• A child is better than a king when the child is wise and king is old and foolish (4:13).
• Public opinion is fickle (4:14-16)
• Are you religious? Don’t make promises you can’t (or won’t) keep. (5:1-7).
• Don’t be surprised by injustice and oppression (vs 8)
• Don’t be covetous (vs 10-11)
• Honest labor helps you sleep (vs 12)
• Why labor to accumulate stuff? You can’t take it with you. (vs 13-17)
• Did I tell you? Learn to enjoy life (vs 18-20).

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