Pre Game Proverb

Ecc 6:11  For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?

Ecc 6:12  For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecc 6:10  Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

Ecc 6:9  What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.

Ecc 6:8  For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

Ecc 6:7  All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Ecc 6:3  If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,

Ecc 6:4  for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

Ecc 6:5  "It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.

Ecc 6:6  "Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?"

Ecc 6:1  There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.

Ecc 5:19  And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.

Ecc 5:18  Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.

Ecc 5:17  Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.