Approaching God with Awe
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Jas 1:19Heb 12:28-29Pro 15:8Isa 1:12-201Pe 2:1-2Pro 21:27Exo 3:5Isa 66:3 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few. Mat 6:7Pro 10:19Isa 55:9Mat 6:9Ecc 5:3Ecc 5:7Gen 18:27Num 30:2-5
As a dream comes through many cares, Pro 15:2Ecc 10:12-14Pro 10:19Job 11:2
so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow. Num 30:2Deu 23:21-23Psa 76:11Mat 5:33Psa 66:13-14Psa 50:14Psa 119:106Heb 10:6 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Act 5:4Deu 23:22Pro 20:25
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger 1that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands? Jas 1:262Jn 1:8Jas 3:2Ecc 5:1-2Mal 2:7Lev 5:4-6Gen 48:161Co 3:13-15 For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God. Mat 12:36Ecc 12:13Ecc 8:12Ecc 5:3Isa 50:10-11Pro 23:17Ecc 7:18Ecc 3:14
The Futility of Wealth
(Psalms 49:1–20)
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them. Psa 12:5Ecc 4:1Ecc 3:161Ki 21:19-20Mat 13:41-42Psa 58:10-11Psa 82:1Rev 17:6-7 The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields. 1Ki 4:7-23Psa 115:16Gen 1:29-30Psa 104:14-151Ch 27:26-311Sa 8:12-17Gen 3:17-19Jer 40:10-12
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. 1Ti 6:10Mat 6:24Luk 12:15Mat 6:19Ecc 4:8Ecc 4:4Ecc 2:26Psa 62:10 When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes? 1Jn 2:16Hab 2:13Pro 23:5Psa 119:36-37Ecc 6:91Ki 5:13-16Ecc 11:9Gen 12:16
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep. Pro 3:24Psa 4:8Jer 31:26Psa 127:2
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, Ecc 6:1-2Luk 18:22-23Gen 19:14Luk 16:22-23Jas 5:1-4Ecc 4:8Ecc 8:9Gen 14:16 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on. Ecc 2:26Hag 1:9Hag 2:16-17Job 20:15-29Job 5:5Mat 6:19-20Pro 23:51Ki 14:26
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands. Job 1:21Psa 49:171Ti 6:7Luk 12:20 This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind? Ecc 1:3Pro 11:29Mrk 8:36Ecc 5:13Jhn 6:271Sa 12:21Ecc 2:22-23Hos 8:7 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger. Psa 127:21Co 11:30-321Ki 17:122Ch 16:10-122Ch 24:24-252Ki 1:22Ki 1:62Ki 5:27
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot. Ecc 2:24Ecc 3:12-13Ecc 3:22Ecc 9:71Ti 6:17Ecc 2:10Ecc 8:15Ecc 11:9
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God. Deu 8:18Ecc 3:13Ecc 6:22Ch 1:12Ecc 2:24-261Ki 3:13 For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart. Isa 65:13-14Isa 65:21-24Psa 37:16Psa 4:6-7Rom 5:1Deu 28:47Deu 28:8-12Isa 64:5