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  • I'm going to print out this verse

    And I'm going to plaster it all over churches everywhere.

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Corinthians 8:2 (NLT)

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  • The second creation story

    Really peculiar how a completely different creation story begins mid-verse, not only in tone but in name. This translation distinguished God's name with LORD God. That's because in Hebrew, God's name…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 2:4 (NLT)

  • God should have added a disclaimer

    After reading how humans have been given dominion over all the animals and vegetation, I wish there was a disclaimer like what the beer commercials all have to say: DRINK RESPONSIBLY. (Edit: Gen. 9:2…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 1:28 (NLT), Genesis 1:29 (NLT), Genesis 1:30 (NLT)

  • Daniel 10:11

    Daniel 10:11 (NLT)
    And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling.

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  • Daniel 10:12

    Daniel 10:12 (NLT)
    Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:10

    Ecclesiastes 7:10 (NLT)
    Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:16

    Ecclesiastes 7:16 (NLT)
    So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:17

    Ecclesiastes 7:17 (NLT)
    On the other hand, don’t be too wicked either. Don’t be a fool! Why die before your time?

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:5

    Ecclesiastes 7:5 (NLT)
    Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.

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  • A journalist's Bible verse

    This is why journalists do what we do.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ecclesiastes 5:8 (NLT)

  • How are people different than animals?

    Obviously the author of Ecclesiastes has humanistic - even atheistic - ideas, and I admire how blunt he is with them. But this brings up a good question: how are people different than animals? Why would…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ecclesiastes 3:18 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 3:19 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 3:20 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 3:21 (NLT)

  • Song of Solomon 7:2

    Song of Solomon 7:2 (NLT)
    Your navel is perfectly formed like a goblet filled with mixed wine. Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat bordered with lilies.

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  • Song of Solomon 1:5

    Song of Solomon 1:5 (NLT)
    I am dark but beautiful, Owomen of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.

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    2011-01-12

  • Ecclesiastes 3:11

    Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)
    Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:12

    Ecclesiastes 3:12 (NLT)
    So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:13

    Ecclesiastes 3:13 (NLT)
    And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:24

    Ecclesiastes 2:24 (NLT)
    So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:17

    Ecclesiastes 2:17 (NLT)
    So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

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  • Living too much in your head

    Again, the cynic in this book wonders what the point of it all is, though ironically, his wisdom IS REMEMBERED because he wrote them down and it happened to get published in the Bible. That means I read…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ecclesiastes 2:13 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 2:14 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 2:15 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 2:16 (NLT)

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    2011-01-11

  • Ecclesiastes 1:9

    Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NLT)
    History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:10

    Ecclesiastes 1:10 (NLT)
    Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:11

    Ecclesiastes 1:11 (NLT)
    We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:18

    Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NLT)
    The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:2

    Ecclesiastes 1:2 (NLT)
    “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”

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    2011-01-11

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    2011-01-10