Complaint. Prosperity and adversity succeed each other, that we may be neither elated nor dejected too much. (St. Bernard, ep. xxxvi.) --- If we enjoy the advantages of nature, we must be thankful; if we feel pain, we must cheerfully submit to God's will. (Haydock)
Verse 15. _THERE IS A JUST_ MAN _THAT PERISHETH_] This is another objection as if he had said, "l also have had considerable experience; and I have not discovered any marked approbation of the conduc...
THE DAYS OF MY VANITY - This does not imply that those days of vanity were ended (see Ecclesiastes 1:12 note). The meaning may be best explained by a paraphrase. Solomon states how the wise man should...
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...
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_there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness_ The writer looks back on what he calls "the days of his vanity," his fleeting and profitless life, and notes, as before in ch. Ecclesiastes 2:...
IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS—IN HIS WICKEDNESS— _Notwithstanding his righteousness—Notwithstanding his wickedness._ This and the preceding verse contain the third advice. We should receive both prosperity and...
2. This lesson is taught even when the opposite appears to be true. Ecclesiastes 7:15-18 a. The wicked are rewarded and the righteous suffer. Ecclesiastes 7:15 TEXT 7:15 15 I have seen everything d...
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. ALL THINGS HAVE I SEE...
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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...
A JUST MAN _that_ PERISHETH, etc.] It was perplexing enough that there should be but one end to the righteous and the wicked (Ecclesiastes 3:19). It is more so when we see the just man cut off by an u...
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...
DAYS OF MY VANITY. — Ecclesiastes 6:12....
אֶת ־הַ כֹּ֥ל רָאִ֖יתִי בִּ ימֵ֣י הֶבְלִ֑י
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...
All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his (l) righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness. (l) Meaning...
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. (12) For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth lif...
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...
ALL [THINGS] HAVE I SEEN IN THE DAYS OF MY VANITY,.... Or, "all these things" u. What goes before and follows after, the various changes men are subject unto, both good and bad; these he had made his...
All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness. Ver. 15. _All t...
_All things have I seen_ All sort's of events, both such as have been already mentioned, and such as I am about to declare. _In the days of my vanity_ Since I have come into this vain life. _A just ma...
A SPIRIT OF SORROW OVER SIN AND ITS ALLUREMENTS...
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity, Solomon had taken note of everything possible while enjoying the empty life of this world; THERE IS A JUST MAN THAT PERISHETH IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, his...
"I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING DURING MY LIFETIME OF FUTILITY; THERE IS. RIGHTEOUS MAN WHO PERISHES IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THERE IS. WICKED MAN WHO PROLONGS HIS LIFE IN HIS WICKEDNESS."WHO PERISHES" -that...
11-22 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea better. It shelters from the storms and scorching heat of trouble. Wealth will not lengthen out the natural life; but true wisdom will give spiritual li...
ALL THINGS; all sorts of events, both such as have been already mentioned, and such as I am about to declare. In the days my vanity; since I have come into this vain and transitory life. IN HIS RIGHTE...
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THE PREACHER NOW GIVES FURTHER WISDOM TEACHING ABOUT LIFE (ECCLESIASTES 7:15). Ecclesiastes 7:15 ‘All this have I seen in my meaningless and transient life (‘the days of my vanity'). There is a right...
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICAL WISDOM (ECCLESIASTES 7:11). Wisdom As A Defence (Ecclesiastes 7:11). Having wisdom is a good foundation for life, for it provides a form of defence in times of trouble, a...
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...
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...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 7:15 RIGHTEOUS and RIGHTEOUSNESS can refer to being “right” or “just” in one’s cause. The Preacher has observed instances in which a person who was technically in the...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:16. BE NOT RIGHTEOUS OVER MUCH; NEITHER MAKE THYSELF OVERWISE] This is not intended to inculcate carelessness in moral conduct, nor as a beatitude upon ignorance. The m...
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 21:13; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:19; 2 Chronicles 24:21;...
All — All sorts of events. My vanity — Since I have come into this vain life. Perisheth — Yea, for his righteousness, which exposes him to the envy, anger, or hatred of wicked men. Wickedness — Notwit...