Chapter 9 ⁽³⁵⁾

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 7-10 Meditation Verses: 9:16-18 Thought Wisdom is better than strength, but few if any really appreciate wisdom or honor it. Though wisdom may get a chance to show its power and benefit, men almost always return to praising strength and power. So…

Passage Read: Proverbs 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:7-9 A mocker and a wicked man abuse those who rebuke them, but a wise man welcomes correction and learns from it. This is not just instruction on how to treat different kinds of people and the importance to…

Passage Read: Esther 7-10 Meditation Verses: 9:1-2 It's like God arranged this whole thing just so the Jews could destroy their enemies. They had been living side by side with those who hated them, and there must have been an uneasy peace, or else their…

Passage Read: Nehemiah 8-11 Meditation Verses: 9:34-38 The leaders of the people here acknowledge that they are all slaves in their own land, though the Jews in Jesus' day will declare that they have never been slaves of anyone! This generation acknowledges that they are…

Passage Read: Ezra 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:13-14 Ezra says they are in difficult circumstances, though now they have been returned to their own land. They have been released from exile and permitted to return to their ancestral homes, which is very good. But other books…