#ecclesiastes — Public Fediverse posts

Wardlaw—expounding Ecclesiastes 11—offers practical counsel: cast your bread upon the waters, give to seven or eight, because complete reversals of fortune happen. Those you’ve assisted may one day assist you. Not sentiment—prudence. Foreign aid once operated on roughly this logic. It has since been reclassified as political correctness. Ecclesiastes did not anticipate that objection.

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A quotation from The Bible

Feasts are made for laughter,
   wine gladdens life,
   and money meets every need.
 
לִשְׂחוֹק֙ עֹשִׂ֣ים לֶ֔חֶם וְיַ֖יִן יְשַׂמַּ֣ח חַיִּ֑ים וְהַכֶּ֖סֶף יַעֲנֶ֥ה אֶת־הַכֹּֽל׃

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 21. Ecclesiastes 10:19ff (Eccl 10:19) [tr. NRSV (2021 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84156/

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I got my first #tattoo! An #ouroboros #snake around my right arm. Broadly speaking everything sucks right now, but I've been looking forward to this for a while and it has given me a big mood boost to have it done.

I made a little website to share what it means to me: http://tattoo.mcwizard.club/

Thanks to the artist Kali Farrell! https://www.instagram.com/kalifarrelltattoos/

Thanks to @bw for making https://htmlforpeople.com ! I'm a software engineer but not frontend, so it was a great starting point for the site!

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It comes from the Book of Ecclesiastes, attributed to King Solomon, and it's a poetic reminder that, despite our technological marvels and modern innovations, the fundamental experiences of humanity remain remarkably constant.

So, as you embark on your Hebrew journey, remember that you're not just learning words; you're unlocking the wisdom of generations past.

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Been reading #Ecclesiastes.

Life goes by fast, and the last half is faster than the first.

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For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins. Ecclesiastes 7. 20 NET.

So said the wisest man who ever lived (besides the Lord Jesus). Solomon also sinned, especially during his latter days. Jesus came to die for all people.

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sometimes I want to #READ ALL THE #BOOKS and sometimes I feel like the author of #Ecclesiastes who said, "of making many books there is no end; and much #study is a weariness to the flesh."

A time to refrain – Forthright Magazine http://forthright.net/2021/06/12/time-to-refrain/

> When my wife and I read Ecclesiastes in our daily devotional recently I paused at the end of 3:5 to ask facetiously, “Is this a prophecy of the Covid Pandemic?”

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