Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse Ecclesiastes 7:4. _THE HEART OF THE WISE_ IS _IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING_] A wise man loves those occasions from which he can derive spiritual advantage; and therefore prefers _visiting the sick_...
HOUSE OF MOURNING ... HOUSE OF MIRTH - These phrases acquire a forcible significance from the Eastern custom of prolonging both festive and mournful celebrations through several days. See Genesis 50:1...
PART II. CHAPTER S 7-12 1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1)_ 2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15) 3. The strength...
PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life? (Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisab...
FOOLS. fat, inert. Hebrew. _kesil._ Same word as in verses: Ecclesiastes 7:5; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Eccl
_The heart of the wise_ This follows as the natural sequel. Like goes to like. The impulse of the fool takes him to that which promises enjoyment; that of the wise leads him to that which has the prom...
DISCOURSE: 833 THE HOUSE OF MOURNING TO BE PREFERRED Ecclesiastes 7:4. _The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth_. IN order to learn what los...
d. Wisdom is better than folly. Ecclesiastes 7:4 TEXT 7:4 4 The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of the fool is in the house of pleasure. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 7:4 180. W...
PRACTICAL APHORISMS 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can, however, guide ourselves in the conduct of l...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 7 The Teacher does not continue to ask questions. Instead, he uses many special sent...
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THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of maxi...
_Anger. That is, correction, or just wrath and zeal against evil, (Challoner) is preferable to a misguided complaisance, Proverbs xxvii. 6. (Calmet) --- Anger, when rightly used, helps us to correct o...
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. (3) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by th...
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...
THE HEART OF THE WISE [IS] IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING,.... When his body is not; when it does not suit him to go thither in person, his mind is there, and his thoughts are employed on the useful subject...
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth. Ver. 4. _The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning._] He gladly makes use of all good m...
_Sorrow is better than laughter_ Either sorrow for sin, or even sorrow on other accounts; _for by the sadness of the countenance_ Sadness seated in the heart, but manifested in the countenance; _the h...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, that is, with all outward cheerfulness he never forgets the sober aide of life and its problems; BUT THE HEART OF FOOLS IS IN THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, giv...
"THE MIND OF THE WISE IS IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING, WHILE THE MIND OF FOOLS IS IN THE HOUSE OF PLEASURE"."THE MIND" -Long after the funeral is over, the wise man is still thinking about life and death....
1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is...
THE HEART OF THE WISE IS IN THE HOUSE OF MORNING, even when their bodies are absent. They are constantly, or very frequently, meditating upon sad and serious firings, such as death and judgment, the v...
Ecclesiastes 7:4 heart H3820 wise H2450 house H1004 mourning H60 heart H3820 fools H3684 house H1004 mirth...
CHAPTER 7 IT IS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF DEATH, TO LISTEN TO REBUKE, TO BEHAVE WISELY, EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS UNFAIR. BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF WICKEDNESS. The emphasis of the book from now on includes the tho...
AS WE LIVE LIFE IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER ITS BREVITY (ECCLESIASTES 7:1). There now follow a number of wise sayings which are a reminder of the solemnity of life. Ecclesiastes 7:1 ‘A reputation (‘name...
Ecclesiastes 7 and ECCLESIASTES 8:1 I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities He has given us and the opp...
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...
CONTENTS: Prudence recommended as a means of avoiding much of the vanity and vexation of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the v...
Ecclesiastes 7:1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._ Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48. Wisdom and virtue outlive t...
_The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning._ THE ADVANTAGES OF VISITING THE MANSIONS OF DISTRESS For so valuable a purpose it is well worth while to bear with all the gloominess of the house...
_It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting._ ON THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE HOUSE OF MOURNING It is evident that the wise man does not prefer sorrow, up...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:2. FOR THAT IS THE END OF ALL MEN] Not the house of mourning itself, but the fact that every house must, in turn, become such. ECCLESIASTES 7:3. SORROW] Not that passi...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE
Tonight we want to return again to the book of Ecclesiastes beginning with chapter 7. And as we return to the book of Ecclesiastes, again, it is important that we make note of the fact that the book o...
1 Kings 20:16; 1 Samuel 25:36; 1 Samuel 30:16; 2 Samuel 13:28;...
The wise — Are constantly meditating upon serious things....