I tried everything

• Having a good time doesn’t satisfy the soul ( 2:1-2)
• Wine doesn’t satisfy (vs 3)
• Owning buildings and property doesn’t satisfy (vs 4-6)
• Employing lots of people doesn’t satisfy (vs 7)
• Wealth doesn’t satisfy (vs 8)
• Music doesn’t satisfy (vs 8)
• I had everything; I did everything; nothing satisfied me (Ecclesiastes 2:10-11).
• Wisdom is greater than folly (vs 12-14); but
• fools and the wise alike die (vs 15-17).
• Why work hard so that you can leave it all behind to a fool? (vs 18-21)
• Life is difficult (vs 22-23)
• It really doesn’t matter what you have or what you’ve done, as long as you enjoy it (vs 24-26). To enjoy life is a gift from God (Ecclesiastes 2:24; 3:13).
• There is a time for everything (3:1-8).
• Work and beauty are gifts from God, too (vs 9-12)
• God’s work is eternal; there’s nothing new (vs 14-15)
• Judicial corruption exists (vs 16-17)
• Men live and die; animals live and die (vs 18-21)
• Enjoy life. That’s what I say. (Ecclesiastes 3:21, 13; Ecclesiastes 2:24)

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