Ecclesiastes 8: 14 "There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless." Indeed, what Solomon penned down above by the inspiration...

Ecclesiastes 7: 3 "Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart." The Bible contains some of the most puzzling statements and the above is one of them. I was puzzled by it because, from my vantage point, it seems to contradict some...

Ecclesiastes 5: 4-5 "When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. 5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it." These two verses are self-explanatory! First, we must not make a vow in...

Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10 "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up." There is strength in numbers. More is accomplished when...

Ecclesiastes 3: 11 "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." This is one of the most famous chapters of the Bible because of its focus on 'Time.' "There...

Ecclesiastes 2: 11 “Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.” If we read this chapter carefully, we will see that Solomon tried to pursue...

Ecclesiastes 1: 12-14 "I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.  I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all...

Psalm 150: 6 “Let everything that has breathe praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.” This verse is probably the fitting summation of the Book of Psalms. It encompasses the essence of man’s relationship with his eternal Creator. Our very purpose of existence is to be the...

Psalm 149: 4-6 "For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands," This is...

Psalm 148: 13 "Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendour is above the earth and the heavens." This is perhaps the most powerful psalm of praise ever. It is a call to all creation to praise God for it is the very reason for...

Psalm 147: 10 "His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior; the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." Living a life of purpose and meaning is a matter of who you put your trust...

Psalm 146: 5 "Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God." Everyone wants to be blessed. It is a natural human desire and it is right to want it. But people have different ways of measuring what it means to be blessed. Some...