Pre Game Proverb

Ecc 12:1  Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Ecc 12:2  before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

Ecc 12:3  in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,

Ecc 12:4  and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—

Ecc 12:5  they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—

Ecc 11:10  Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ecc 11:9  Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecc 11:7  Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecc 11:8  So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Ecc 11:6  In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Ecc 11:5  As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Ecc 11:4  He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

Luk 2:8  And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Luk 2:9  And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.

Luk 2:10  And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Luk 2:11  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Luk 2:12  And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luk 2:13  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

Luk 2:14  “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Ecc 11:3  If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

Ecc 11:2  Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.