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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 1:1

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

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Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

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