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Verse 15. _AS HE CAME FORTH_] However it may be, he himself shall
carry nothing with him into the eternal world. If he die worth
millions, those millions are dead to him for ever; so he has had no
rea...
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3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_
2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8)
3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
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CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_
an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the
graded hierarchy of officials...
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AS. According as. Compare Job 1:21.Psalms 49:17; Psalms 49:1....
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_As he came forth of his mother's womb_ The words so closely resemble
those of Job 1:21 that it is natural to infer that the writer had that
history in his mind as an example of a sudden reverse of fo...
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b. They may be harmful. Ecclesiastes 5:13-17
TEXT 5:13-17
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There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being
hoarded by their owner to their hurt.
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When those riches were...
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DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE
1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the
earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to
religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 5
BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7
V1 Be careful when you go to God...
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There is a clear use of Job 1:21. (See also Psalms 139:15.) And this
passage itself is used in Sir. 40:1....
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_[Ecclesiastes 5:14]_ כַּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָצָא֙ מִ
בֶּ֣טֶן...
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AND A MORE HELPFUL AND CONSOLATORY TRUST IN THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Not content with this, however, the Preacher goes on to show how, when
they returned from the House of God to the c...
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AND TO TAKE FROM LIFE ITS QUIET AND INNOCENT ENJOYMENTS.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
(e) Now surely a life so thick with perils, so beset with temptations,
should have a very large and certain reward to offer....
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE.
(b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of
great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the
Bo...
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The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In
this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there
is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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AS HE CAME FORTH OF HIS MOTHER'S WOMB, NAKED SHALL HE RETURN TO GO AS
HE CAME,.... This may be understood either of the covetous rich man,
or of his son; and that supposing what is before said should...
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As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as
he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away
in his hand.
Ver. 15. As he came forth of his mother's wom...
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_As he came forth, &c., naked shall he return_ Into the womb, or belly
of the earth, the common mother of all mankind. _And shall take
nothing of his labour_ This is another vanity. If his estate be
n...
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As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall be return to go as
he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away
in his hand, whatever treasures be has gained he must leave...
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ABSTAINING FROM VICES AND FOSTERING VIRTUES...
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"AS HE HAD COME NAKED FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB, SO WILL HE RETURN AS HE
CAME. HE WILL TAKE NOTHING FROM THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR THAT HE CAN
CARRY IN HIS HAND."
Even if the above wealth hadn't been lost,...
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9-17 The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than
appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of
life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better tha...
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RETURN TO GO into the womb or belly of the earth, the common mother of
all mankind. SEE POOLE ON "JOB 1:21", SEE POOLE ON "ECCLESIASTES 12:7
". And _return to go_, is put for _return and go_; and _goi...
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Ecclesiastes 5:15 came H3318 (H8804) mothers H517 womb H990 naked
H6174 return H7725 (H8799) go H3212 ...
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THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BURDENS AND PROBLEMS OF WEALTH (ECCLESIASTES 5:8).
Here we find a total contrast to the first seven verses. There the
thought was of attitude towards God. Now we move on to the atti...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It
teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had
no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
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Ecclesiastes 5:8-7
I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear
of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of
human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
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Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1
I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same.
Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on
asphodel. The profit of the ea...
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CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation
attending the possession of wealth.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
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Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._
Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not
hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The
Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 5:13. TO THEIR HURT] Inasmuch as they, at length, lose
those possessions (Ecclesiastes 5:14). The owner is more unhappy than
if he had never possessed at all.
Eccl
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 5:1
Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure
happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_
Religious exercises need the observa...
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Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider
the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
When you go into the...
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1 Timothy 6:7; Job 1:21; Luke 12:20; Psalms 49:17...
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To go — Into the womb of the earth, the common mother of all
mankind. Take nothing — This is another vanity. If his estate be
neither lost, nor kept to his hurt, yet when he dies he must leave it
behi...