Pre Game Proverb

Ecc 5:8  If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Ecc 5:6  Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecc 5:7  For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.

Ecc 5:4  When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

Ecc 5:5  It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Ecc 5:3  For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.

Ecc 5:1   Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Ecc 5:2   Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Ecc 4:13  Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.

Ecc 4:14  For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.

Ecc 4:15  I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king's place.

Ecc 4:16  There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecc 4:9  Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

Ecc 4:10  For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

Ecc 4:11  Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

Ecc 4:12  And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecc 4:7  Again, I saw vanity under the sun:

Ecc 4:8  one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecc 4:5  The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

Ecc 4:6  Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecc 4:4  Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.