Study Desk

If you say, "We don't know anything about this," God, who knows what's in your mind, will notice. He is watching you, and he will know. He will reward each person for what he has done.

God is honored for what he keeps secret. Kings are honored for what they can discover.

Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled, but those who obey what they have been taught are happy.

I have not learned to be wise, and I don't know much about God, the Holy One.

"Every word of God is true. He guards those who come to him for safety.

If I have too much, I might reject you and say, ‘I don't know the Lord .' If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.

I decided to use my wisdom to learn about everything that happens on earth. I learned that God has given us terrible things to face.

The best that people can do is eat, drink, and enjoy their work. I saw that even this comes from God,

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

I saw the hard work God has given people to do.

God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing.

God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their work, which are gifts from God.

I know that everything God does will continue forever. People cannot add anything to what God has done, and they cannot take anything away from it. God does it this way to make people respect him.

What happens now has happened in the past, and what will happen in the future has happened before. God makes the same things happen again and again.

I said to myself, God has planned a time for every thing and every action, so he will judge both good people and bad.

I decided that God leaves it the way it is to test people and to show them they are just like animals.

Who can be sure that the human spirit goes up to God and that the spirit of an animal goes down into the ground?

Think before you speak, and be careful about what you say to God. God is in heaven, and you are on the earth, so say only a few words to God.

If you make a promise to God, don't be slow to keep it. God is not happy with fools, so give God what you promised.

Don't let your words cause you to sin, and don't say to the priest at the Temple, "I didn't mean what I promised." If you do, God will become angry with your words and will destroy everything you have worked for.