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  Ecclesiastes chapter 1

• 1:1-3 - What can people achieve during their lives?
• 1:4-7 - Who can change the world?
• 1:8-11 - Can our desires ever satisfy us?
• 1:12-15 - Why is life so hard?
• 1:16-18 - Does wisdom improve a person’s life?

  Ecclesiastes chapter 2

• 2:1-3 - Is there a worthwhile way to live?
• 2:4-8 - Is it foolish to please yourself?
• 2:9-11 - Why do our feelings of satisfaction not last?
• 2:12-16 - How does a person benefit if he is wise?
• 2:17-21 - Can a person’s efforts achieve anything that lasts?
• 2:22-26 - Without God, can anyone have a good life?

  Ecclesiastes chapter 3

• 3:1-8 - A time for everything
• 3:9-15 - Time and eternity
• 3:16-17 - God is the perfect judge
• 3:18-22 - Life after death

  Ecclesiastes chapter 4

• 4:1-3 - The power of wealthy people
• 4:4-6 - Jealous and lazy attitudes
• 4:7-8 - Work that never satisfies
• 4:9-12 - Advantages of love and friendship
• 4:13-16 - The weakness of people’s support

  Ecclesiastes chapter 5

• 5:1-3 - Foolish and wise prayers
• 5:4-7 - Promises to God
• 5:8-9 - Responsibilities towards poor people
• 5:10-12 - Love of money
• 5:13-17 - Things that lose their value
• 5:18-20 - Wrong reactions to God’s kindness

  Ecclesiastes chapter 6

• 6:1-2 - A rich person who cannot enjoy his wealth
• 6:3-6 - What is a good life?
• 6:7-9 - Rest for the soul
• 6:10-12 - Who would argue against God?

  Ecclesiastes chapter 7

• 7:1-2 - When the truth is unpleasant
• 7:3-4 - Serious thoughts
• 7:5-6 - Foolish songs and laughter
• 7:7 - The danger of money
• 7:8-10 - The reward for patience
• 7:11-12 - The best gift for your children
• 7:13-14 - Why we need troubles
• 7:15-18 - Wrong attitudes about goodness and wicked behaviour
• 7:19-20 - Wisdom and goodness
• 7:21-22 - Am I good enough?
• 7:23-24 - What is wisdom?
• 7:25-26 - Why people constantly do foolish things
• 7:27-28 - Is anyone completely good?
• 7:29 - Why we do wrong things

  Ecclesiastes chapter 8

• 8:1 - Wisdom is wonderful
• 8:2-4 - When you appeal to a king
• 8:5-6 - When we must wait for judgement
• 8:7-8 - Nobody can prevent his own death
• 8:9-10 - The fate of powerful wicked people
• 8:11 - How countries become evil
• 8:12-13 - Is it better to be good or evil?
• 8:14-15 - Who should enjoy life most?
• 8:16-17 - The greatness of God’s work

  Ecclesiastes chapter 9

• 9:1 - Are God’s people different from other people?
• 9:2 - Can religion save people from their troubles?
• 9:3-4 - Does hope, or chance, rule this world?
• 9:5-6 - What happens to wicked people after death?
• 9:7-10 - How people waste their opportunity to know God
• 9:11 - Time and chance
• 9:12 - The right reaction to trouble
• 9:13-15 - How one man’s wisdom saved his city
• 9:16 - Why people will not listen to wise advice
• 9:17-18 - Quiet words of wisdom

  Ecclesiastes chapter 10

• 10:1 - A fly in the ointment
• 10:2-3 - Wise and foolish behaviour: is it just a matter of opinion?
• 10:4 - Reasons to behave calmly
• 10:5-7 - When rulers make wrong decisions
• 10:8-9 - Lessons about danger
• 10:10 - Why everyone needs wisdom
• 10:11 - Get-rich-quick schemes
• 10:12-15 - A foolish person’s words ruin his own life
• 10:16-17 - Wrong desires ruin people’s lives
• 10:18 - Reasons not to be lazy
• 10:19 - Is money the answer for everything?
• 10:20 - When even your thoughts can be dangerous

  Ecclesiastes chapter 11

• 11:1 - Future troubles are certain
• 11:2 - A friend in trouble
• 11:3 - Troubles that nobody can do anything about
• 11:4 - Troubles that nobody can avoid
• 11:5 - God’s work astonishes us
• 11:6 - Can our work succeed?
• 11:7-8 - The light of life and the days of darkness
• 11:9 - Enjoy life – but remember God’s judgement
• 11:10 - Is there any advantage to be young and strong?

  Ecclesiastes chapter 12

• 12:1 - Remember God, who created you
• 12:2-5 - The problems of old age
• 12:6 - Life and death
• 12:7 - What happens at death?
• 12:8 - All is vanity
• 12:9-10 - King Solomon, the great teacher
• 12:11-12 - Advice about books
• 12:13 - Respect God and obey his commands
• 12:14 - God is the judge of all our deeds

  Ecclesiastes: A study guide

• About the Book of Ecclesiastes - its author, date and purpose.
• A summary of each chapter in the Book of Ecclesiastes
• Why the Book of Ecclesiastes is so important
• Ecclesiastes - a 12 week study guide.