![]() ![]() After a traumatic childhood, they are looking at a future without a forever family and where the odds are stacked against them. For kids who are aging out of foster care, life can look hopeless. 29 This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.7 Need some more encouragement? Bible Verses About HopeĪt Finally Family Homes we’re all about encouraging others in hope. 27 "Look," says the Teacher, "this is what I have discovered: "Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things- 28 while I was still searching but not finding- I found one man among a thousand, but not one woman among them all. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare. 26 I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. 24 Whatever wisdom may be, it is far off and most profound- who can discover it? 25 So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly. ![]() 23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me. 21 Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you- 22 for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. 20 There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. 19 Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city. 16 Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise- why destroy yourself? 17 Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool- why die before your time? 18 It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. 15 In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future. 13 Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? 14 When times are good, be happy but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. 12 Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor. 11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun. 10 Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions. 9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. ![]() 8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. 7 Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. 6 Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. 5 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man the living should take this to heart. Bible Gateway Ecclesiastes 7 :: NIV Ecclesiastes 7 1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. ![]()
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