Heard in quiet
Heard in quiet
Words of the wise
Are heard in the quiet
Scripture says:
The words of the wise
The words of the wise
Are
better than
The
shouting of a ruler
Among
fools.
Wisdom
is better
Than
weapons of war,
But
one sinner –
All
by himself –
Destroys
much good.
It’s
the same for all;
As
the good one is,
So
is the sinner.
He
who swears
Is
as he who shuns
An
oath.
The same event
The same event
Happens
to the good,
The clean, as the unclean,
To
the righteous
As
to the evil,
wicked.
Heard in quiet
Heard in quiet
Words of the wise
Are heard in the quiet
Now,
Join
with the living;
For
a dog alive
Is
better than
A lion dead,
His
memory
Forgotten.
So
Have
hope, share in
Joy
you did not know;
In all
that is done
Have
hope –
There’s
a little love left –
Have
hope.
Heard in quiet
Heard in quiet
Heard
in quiet
Words
of the wise
Are
heard in the quiet
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I was considering writing something in honor of Tom Petty, who, at the time of this writing, is still hanging to life after being found unconscious yesterday in his Malibu home, apparently after suffering a catastrophic cardiac arrest. I decided not to try that since Mr. Petty has already written everything worth saying about what happened yesterday. Instead, I decided to catch up on my bible study. Today’s bible reading included Ecclesiastes 9. It changed my mind.
So, in honor of Mr.
Petty, and for all those with broken hearts after yesterday’s events in Las
Vegas:
Ecclesiastes 9:17-18
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the
shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one
sinner destroys much good. (ESV)
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a
living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them
is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished,
and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. (ESV)Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the
righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the
unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one
is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. (ESV)