Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Ecclesiastes 8?
Ecclesiastes 8 opens with these words: “Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face…” The line to keep is Ecclesiastes 8:12: “Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.” Carry the word “though” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ecclesiastes 8:12: “Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.” What happens first in Ecclesiastes 8?
Ecclesiastes 8:12
“Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.”
Ecclesiastes 8:3
“Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,”
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Say it
Practice Ecclesiastes 8:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thoughasinnercommitscrimesahundredtimes,andliveslong,yetIknowthatitbebetterwiththosewhoGod,whoarereverentbeforehim.