Wisdom to Live By

Introduction:

1. Principles for Wise Living

Live for a Good Name (7:1)

Make Life Count (7:1b-4)

Listen to Wise Correction (7:5-6)

Don’t Take Bribes (7:7)

Ecclesiastes 7:7 CSB

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the mind.

Finish Things (7:8)

Don’t Become Easily Angered (7:9)

Possess Wisdom (7:11-12)

Celebrate the Seasons of Life (7:13-14)

Guard Your Steps (7:15-18, 20)

Don’t Wear Your Feelings on Your Sleeves (7:21-22)

2. The Limits of Wise Living (7:23-25)

3. The Snares of Folly (7:20, 26-29)

Folly is a trap

Only the Man that Pleases God Can Escape

No One is Upright