STUDY FROM ECCLESIASTES ECCLESIASTES 4:8-12 SCRIPTURE READING: LUKE 12:13-21 Companionships.

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STUDY FROM ECCLESIASTES ECCLESIASTES 4:8-12 SCRIPTURE READING: LUKE 12:13-21 Companionships

Ecclesiastes 4:8 “There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. [But he never asks,] ‘For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?’ This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Our companions (associations) influence our behavior  Ecclesiastes 7:3-6  “As the crackling of thorns under a pot [in a fire], so is the laughter of the fool … vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Can snare us in deceit, cause misery and pain  Ecclesiastes 7:23-26  Proverbs 16:27-30, Proverbs 17:9  1 Corinthians 15:33  1 Kings 12:8-9  Ecclesiastes 10:16-19  Ecclesiastes 10:1 (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10, Proverbs 22:24-25; 23:19-21)

Virtuous Friendships Yield Benefits Sharing Our Load  Ecclesiastes 4:9-10; 2 Corinthians 6:14

2 Corinthians 6:14 “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship [in common] has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?” – 2 Corinthians 6:14-15

Virtuous Friendships Yield Benefits Support  Ecclesiastes 4:10; Galatians 6:1-2 Compassion  Ecclesiastes 4:11; Proverbs 18:1  1 Kings 19 (Elijah)  Proverbs 18:24; 17:17 Ruth 1:16-17; 1 Samuel 20: John 4:7-11; James 5:16 Strength  Ecclesiastes 4:12; Proverbs 27:17

Marriage Ecclesiastes 9:9  “See life [live joyfully – NKJV] with the wife whom you love  Ecclesiastes 9:4-8  Enjoy the good God has provided, and do so with wisdom  Proverbs 18:22; (Proverbs 18:19, 27:15-16, 25:24, 21:19, 9)  Nabal and Abigail  1 Samuel 25:3ff (25:25)  Proverbs 12:4 (Proverbs 31:10-31); 1 Timothy 3:11

Jesus John 15:12-15  Laid down his life for his friends (disciples)  1 John 4:15-17 – By his love, “we may have boldness in the day of judgment.”  1 John. 5:18-20 Galatians 3:26-27