Daily Bible Reading and Prayer, KJV, May 10-Nov 9, 2018, Acts to Hebrews

June 26, Ecclesiastes 5

Ecclesiastes 5:1-20 KJV
[1] Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
[2] Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
God knows everything you say and everything you think, and others hear what you say too so it is very wise not to say anything rashly. I find it is usually a good idea to think before you speak, but you have to think fast or else you won't get a chance to say what you want when you want sometimes.
[3] For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
It is better to say a few wise words than many foolish ones.
[4] When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
[5] Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Don't make a promise if you can't keep it.
[6] Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
[7] For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
[8] If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Do what you can to help the poor and be involved with politics.
[9] Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
[10] He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
[11] When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
[12] The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
[13] There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Many rich people are not happy because they have so many worries to do with their riches.
[14] But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
[15] As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
You can not bring any of your wealth with you when you die.
[16] And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
[17] All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
[18] Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
[19] Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
[20] For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Dear Lord, You alone are amazing and awesome, all the nations of the world are as a drop in bucket to You. Thank you so much for everything You have done for us, thank you that my brother is not seriously injured after an accident where he works. Please let his leg heal completely and if it is Your will please let their be no lasting pain or lack of usefulness. Thank you for all the gifts You have given us, thank you that my health is improving again. Thank you for blessing everyone in my prayer journal, please continue to bless them, in Jesus's name, Amen.

(Btw lightofthelast, I didn't write about my brother's injury in my Diary cause I just found out about it less than two hours ago and I still don't know all the details)