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Ecclesiastes 6 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Who Knows What Is Good?

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolThank You, God, for Today

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenEnough

THANK → picture 4ENJOY → picture 3FOOD → picture 2EYES → picture 1

Grade 1Be Content

God gives riches, wealth, and honor. → picture 3The labor of man is for his mouth. → picture 5Better is the sight of the eyes. → picture 2Enjoy the good God gives. → picture 4Life passes like a shadow. → picture 1

Order:

1. All the labor of man is for his mouth2. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire3. Whatever has been, its name was given long ago4. For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow?

Grade 2Thankful Hearts

  1. What did the man have? Riches and honor (circle)
  2. What did he not do? Enjoy them (circle)
  3. What is better than always wanting something else? Being thankful (circle)
  4. Who knows what is good for us? God (circle)
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Grade 3The Wandering of the Desire

  1. What does God give the man? Riches, wealth, and honor
  2. What is not filled? The appetite
  3. What is better than the wandering of the desire? The sight of the eyes
  4. What is life spent like? A shadow
1: All the labor of man is for his mouth2: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire3: Whatever has been, its name was given long ago4: For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow?
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Grade 4Riches Without Joy

  1. What does God give the man without power to enjoy it? Riches, wealth, and honor
  2. Is having things the same as enjoying them? No
  3. What never ends? The desire for more
  4. What is the sight of the eyes better than? The wandering of the desire
  5. Who knows what is good and holds the future? God

Word bank: 1. good; 2. labor; 3. desire; 4. eyes; 5. life

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Contentment

  1. Who eats the man's riches? An alien
  2. What did chapter 5 call enjoyment? God's gift
  3. What is not filled? The appetite
  4. What is the answer to restless desire? Contentment
  5. What has Paul learned? In whatever state I am, to be content in it
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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