🏔️ Ecclesiastes 8

Ecclesiastes 8 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “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 is changed.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.” 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.

The line worth learning out loud 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.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Ecclesiastes 8? Then try this: Read “Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.