Why is your face downcast? (Gen. 4:6b NRSV)2
Why do you look so dejected? (Gen. 4:6b NLT)3
Of making many books there is no end,
and much study wearies the body. (Eccl. 12:12 NRSV)
Those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. (Eccl. 1:18b NRSV)
Knowledge puffs you up with pride,
but love builds up. (1 Cor. 8:1b NCV)4
What do people really gain
from all the hard work they do here on earth? (Eccl. 1:3 NCV)
You will die this very night. Then who will get
everything you worked for? (Luke 12:20 NLT)
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens. (Eccl. 3:1 NIV)5
There is a time to plant
and a time to pull up plants. (Eccl. 3:2b NCV)
There is a time to look for something
and a time to stop looking for it. (Eccl. 3:6a NCV)
There is a time to keep things
and a time to throw things away. (Eccl. 3:6b NCV)
Happy are those who find wisdom,
and those who get understanding. (Prov. 3:13 NRSV)
Anxiety weighs down the human heart. (Prov. 12:25a NRSV)
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? (Luke 12:25 NLT)
Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. (Matt. 11:28 HCSB)6
Be still, and know that I am God. (Ps. 46:10a NIV)
John J. Han
Integrité (Fall 2012)
THE POETRY PLACE 