{"id":28330,"date":"2023-10-20T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ecclesiastes-10_1-10-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T21:36:42","slug":"ecclesiastes-10_11-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ecclesiastes-10_11-20\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ll Gain Nothing If You Snap Too Early"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecclesiastes 10:11-20\u00a0 \u00a0 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ecclesiastes 10:11-20. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:11 (NIV)
\n11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.<\/p>\n

On verse 12: In other words, control your temper. Save your bite for the right time. Otherwise, you\u2019ll gain nothing and in fact lose out by snapping too early.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:12 (NIV)
\n12 Words from a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.<\/p>\n

On verse 12: In other words, wise people use their words in other-centered ways, in ways that bless and encourage others, whereas foolish people can\u2019t stop talking about themselves.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:13-14 (NIV)
\n13 At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness–
\n14 and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming– who can tell him what will happen after him?<\/p>\n

On verse 13-14: The more you listen to a fool, the worse it gets, from a little bit of folly to a lot of madness (v13) that you can\u2019t predict or make sense of (v14).<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:15 (NIV)
\n15 A fool’s work wearies him; he does not know the way to town.<\/p>\n

On verse 15: Qohelet says that rather than finding joy, purpose and satisfaction in their work, the work of fools wearies them, such that the fool has no direction in life (\u201cdoes not know the way to town\u201d). The fool just works and works and forgets why they are working or where they are going in life.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:16-18 (NIV)
\n16 Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.
\n17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time– for strength and not for drunkenness.
\n18 If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.<\/p>\n

On verse 16-18: Jesus taught that the greatest will be a servant and Jesus Himself is sometimes called the Servant King. Does this contradict what Qohelet says in verse 16? Not at all. The \u201cservant king\u201d Qohelet is referring to here is something different. He\u2019s talking about a king who does not deserve to be a king, who does not act like a king or work as a king should. He\u2019s going after corrupt leadership and laziness, and saying that when a person is lazy, the house where they live will leak, and everyone in their care suffers.<\/p>\n

Qohelet is basically saying that we should work when it\u2019s time to work and feast when it\u2019s time to feast.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:19 (NIV)
\n19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.<\/p>\n

On verse 19: You can\u2019t have a feast or wine without money. Practically speaking, we need money to meet needs and to enjoy life.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:20 (NIV)
\n20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.<\/p>\n

On verse 20: Be careful what you say because you never know who might be listening. Jesus says that God will hold us accountable for every careless word we say (Matthew 12:36). Jesus also says in Luke 12:2-3: \u201cThere is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the several lessons we can learn from Qohelet\u2019s short statements above, which one do you need to especially keep in mind today?<\/p>\n

Father, I pray that my words would be gracious, full of care and a blessing to others. In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ecclesiastes 10:11-20.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:11 (NIV)
\n11\u00a0\u00a0If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.<\/p>\n

On verse 12: In other words, control your temper.\u00a0 Save your bite for the right time.\u00a0 Otherwise, you\u2019ll gain nothing and in fact lose out by snapping too early.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:12 (NIV)
\n12\u00a0\u00a0Words from a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.
\n\u00a0
\nOn verse 12: In other words, wise people use their words in other-centered ways, in ways that bless and encourage others, whereas foolish people can\u2019t stop talking about themselves.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 10:13-14 (NIV)
\n13\u00a0\u00a0At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness–
\n14\u00a0\u00a0and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming– who can tell him what will happen after him?
\n\u00a0
\nOn verse 13-14: The more you listen to a fool, the worse it gets, from a little bit of folly to a lot of madness (v13) that you can\u2019t predict or make sense of (v14).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28330"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28341,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28330\/revisions\/28341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}