We Are Never Satisfied and Always Want More

I.        Four kinds of undesirable behavior (vv. 11-14).

a.     Disrespectful Children – a curse and a non-blessing to their parents (v. 11). 

b.     Hypocritical People – Clean in no one’s eyes but their own (v. 12). 

c.     Arrogant People – Their eyes are lifted (v. 13).

d.     Oppressive People – They devour the poor and needy (v. 14). 

II.      Four things that are never satisfied (v. 16).

a.     The Grave – Always wants more dead.

b.     The Barren Womb – Always wants to give birth to a child.

c.     The Land – Always wants more water.

d.     Fire – Will devour anything in its path.

III.   Four amazing things (vv. 18-19).

a.     An eagle in the sky (v. 19).

b.     A snake on a rock (v. 19).

c.     A ship in the ocean (v. 19).

d.     A man with a woman (v. 19).

Many today have rebelled from their parents, losing all self-respect, and living a life of immorality without any thought for the rest of the world or future generations. The world is not enough to satisfy the heart of man (v. 15). Don’t make fun of your father or disobey your mother; crows will peck out your eyes, and buzzards will eat the rest of you (v. 17). Hardened in her conscience, an adulterous woman (v. 20) lives in her sin and boldly says, “I have done no wickedness.” She treats it as lightly as if she had eaten a meal and wiped her mouth. Sexual sin is often excused today as normal. But God has declared He will “bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or evil” (Eccles. 12:14).