Study Desk

God hates sacrifices from the wicked, especially when their reason for offering them is evil.

because people like that can quickly be destroyed. You have no idea how much trouble God and the king can make for their enemies.

We honor God for the things he keeps secret. But we honor kings for the things they can discover.

If a nation is not guided by God, the people will lose self-control, but the nation that obeys God's law will be happy.

These are the wise sayings of Agur son of Jakeh from Massa. He says, "God, I am tired, so tired. How can I keep going?"

You can trust this: Every word that God speaks is true. God is a safe place for those who go to him.

So don't try to change what God says. If you do, he will punish you and prove that you are a liar.

God, I ask you to do two things for me before I die.

If I have too much, I might deny that I need you, Lord . But if I am too poor, I might steal and bring shame to the name of my God.

I decided to study and to use my wisdom to learn about everything that is done in this life. I learned that it is a very hard thing that God has given us to do.

There is no one who has tried to enjoy life more than I have. And this is what I learned: The best thing people can do is eat, drink, and enjoy the work they must do. I also saw that this comes from God.

If people do good and please God, he will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But those who sin will get only the work of gathering and carrying things. God takes from the bad person and gives to the good person. But all this work is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind.

I saw all the hard work God gave us to do.

God gave us the ability to think about his world, but we can never completely understand everything he does. And yet, he does everything at just the right time.

God wants everyone to eat, drink, and enjoy their work. These are gifts from God.

I learned that anything God does will continue forever. People cannot add anything to the work of God, and they cannot take anything away from it. God did this so that people would respect him.

What happened in the past has happened, and what will happen in the future will happen. But God wants to help those who have been treated badly.

So I said to myself, "God has planned a time for everything, and he has planned a time to judge everything people do. He will judge good people and bad people."

I thought about what people do to each other. And I said to myself, "God wants people to see that they are like animals.

Who knows what happens to a person's spirit? Who knows if a human's spirit goes up to God while an animal's spirit goes down into the ground?"