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Verse 18. _WISDOM_ IS _BETTER THAN WEAPONS OF WAR_] So proved in the
case of _Archimedes_.
_BUT ONE SINNER_] Such as the Roman butcher above mentioned.
_DESTROYETH MUCH GOOD_] Such as were the life...
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SINNER - The word in the original indicates intellectual as well as
moral error....
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2. PRAISE OF WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY, THEFINAL WORD AND THE GREAT
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 9:13-18
Before he had declared that wisdom is strength. He comes back to this
statement and gives an illustration o...
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_Wisdom is better than weapons of war_ The maxim presents another
illustration of the irony of history. The excellence of wisdom is
acknowledged. Counsel is more than the _materiel_of war; the statesm...
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DISCOURSE: 843
THE DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF SINNERS
Ecclesiastes 9:18. _One sinner destroyeth much good_.
THE influence of every man in his sphere is considerable. Solomon had
seen a remarkable insta...
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6. Wisdom is declared to be the greatest guide in our work.
Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
TEXT 9:13-18
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Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.
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There was a small city wi...
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ONE SINNER, etc.] One man's evil deed may bring to nought
wide-reaching purposes of good....
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LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY
1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 9
EVERYONE MUST DIE AT SOME TIME – ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10...
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טֹובָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִ כְּלֵ֣י קְרָ֑ב וְ
חֹוטֶ֣א
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NOR IN DEVOTION TO AFFAIRS AND ITS REWARDS.
Ecclesiastes 9:13; Ecclesiastes 10:1
So far, then, Coheleth has been occupied in retracing the argument of
the first Section of the Book. Now he returns up...
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In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity...
all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of
the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
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_Things. A woman saved Abela; and Achan almost ruined Israel. Want of
prudence in a general is often fatal. Virtues are connected, as well
as vices. (Calmet) --- For one transgression, many acts of vi...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! amidst many blessed meditations, which this chapter leads to,
let us seek for grace from God the Spirit to derive improvements from
the sweet view here opened to our souls concern...
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Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. (17) The words
of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ru...
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_THE SAVIOUR OF THE CITY_
‘There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a
great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks
against it,’ etc.
Ecclesiastes 9:14
I. T...
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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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WISDOM [IS] BETTER THAN WEAPONS OF WAR,.... And does what they cannot
do; of which the wisdom of the poor wise man is a full proof, which
delivered the city from a potent prince, when weapons of war c...
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_Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth
much good._
Ver. 18. _Wisdom is better than weapons of war._] As David found it
in his encounter with Goliath, Gideon in his stratag...
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WISDOM STILL TO BE SOUGHT...
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war, it is more desirable than the
greatest physical and martial strength; BUT ONE SINNER, placing
himself in opposition to the counsels of wisdom, Cf Joshua 7:1,
DEST...
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"WISDOM IS BETTER THAN WEAPONS OF WAR, BUT ONE SINNER DESTROYS MUCH
GOOD."
Points To Note:
1. Every government needs to take seriously the above truth, because
so many governments rely upon their mil...
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13-18 A man may, by his wisdom, bring to pass that which he could
never do by his strength. If God be for us, who can be against us, or
stand before us? Solomon observes the power of wisdom, though i...
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THAN WEAPONS OF WAR; than armed power. SINNER; a wicked fool; by which
expression and opposition of a sinner to a wise man he gives us a key
to understand his meaning in divers places of his books, th...
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Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom H2451 better H2896 weapons H3627 war H7128
one H259 sinner H2398 (H8802) destroys H6
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CHAPTER 9 THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL WHETHER THEY BE RIGHTEOUS,
WISE OR SONS OF MEN. AND IN THE END ALL DIE IN THE SAME WAY. SO LET
THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE LIFE AS THEY MAY AND ENJOY IT FOR GOD HAS ACCE...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-10
I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth
points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory
policy of life. "The work of God," or, as...
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Ecclesiastes 9:14
I. The little city. At first sight it may seem rather paradoxical to
compare this great world of ours, with its almost innumerable
inhabitants, its vast area, its enormous resources,...
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CONTENTS: The universality of death and the need of minding the
business of life and using wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: While there is life there is opportunity of preparing for
dea...
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Ecclesiastes 9:5. _The dead know not any thing._ This is explained by
the next phrase, _the memory of them is forgotten._ Elijah went up to
heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13. Si...
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_The words of wise men are heard in quiet._
THE SUPERIORITY OF MORAL TO MILITARY FORCE
“The words of wise men are heard in quiet”: words of
thoughtfulness and conviction, silently dropping from the...
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_There was a little city, and few men within it._
THE LITTLE CITY AND THE POOR WISE MAN
The little city, as first introduced to our notice, is in sore
straits. The legion of the foe seem innumerable,...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:13 Wisdom can achieve much good
and is worth pursuing. Yet its benefits can be undone by evil.
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:17 Just as one wise man can
successfully overcome the worst odds, so also ONE SINNER DESTROYS MUCH
GOOD....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 9:13. THIS WISDOM.] The special instance of the power of
wisdom related in the next verse.
ECCLESIASTES 9:14. FEW MEN WITHIN IT.] Not a city with a scanty
population, b...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 9:1
One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the
feelings and interests of life in the upper world.
ECCLESIASTES 9:1
This continues the subject treated abo...
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For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that
the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God:
no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them...
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1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 14:29; 1 Samuel 14:36; 2 Samuel 20:1;...