Ecclesiastes Chapter 8
Respect for rulers
The godly and the wicked contrasted
Unsearchability of God’s work
Respect for rulers
The godly and the wicked contrasted
Unsearchability of God’s work
Remedies against pointlessness – good name, patience, and wisdom
Meaninglessness of riches
The conclusion of pointlessness
Pointlessness in divine service, in murmuring and in riches
Joy in riches
Increase of pointlessness by oppression, envy and idleness
By covetousness and wilfulness too
Change of Times Turn Turn Turn
The excellency of God’s works
Judgement of the righteous and the wicked
Pointlessness of things pleasurable
Joy in our labor is God’s gift
Kohelet shows the pointlessness of human courses
Discovered in the study of wisdom