George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 7:5
Mourning. They submit willingly to correction, (St. Jerome) or think seriously on the dangers of sin and God's judgments.
Mourning. They submit willingly to correction, (St. Jerome) or think seriously on the dangers of sin and God's judgments.
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...
_It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise_ The word for "rebuke" is characteristic of the sapiential books of the Old Testament (Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 17:10). Here also the teacher finds the mora...
THE SONG OF FOOLS— Mr. Desvoeux, in a long and learned note, has shewn, that this _song of fools_ refers to the encomiastic songs of strolling bards, who were a kind of extempore singers of stories at...
e. A rebuke from the wise is better than the song of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:5-7 TEXT 7:5-7 5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man than for one to listen to the song of fools. 6 For a...
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. (IT IS) BETTER TO HEAR ... - (Psalms 141:4.) Godly reproof offends the flesh, but benefits the spirit. Fools'...
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...
טֹ֕וב לִ שְׁמֹ֖עַ גַּעֲרַ֣ת חָכָ֑ם מֵ אִ֕ישׁ
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...
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...
[IT IS] BETTER TO HEAR THE REBUKE OF THE WISE,.... To listen to it diligently, receive it cordially, and act according to it; though it may be disagreeable to the flesh, and give present pain, yet the...
Ecclesiastes 7:5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. Ver. 5. _It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise._] Sharp truth takes better with an hone...
_It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise_ Which, though it cause some grief, yet frequently brings great benefit, even reformation, and salvation both from temporal and from eternal destruction; _...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, whereby some foolish behavior is censured, THAN FOR A MAN TO HEAR THE SONG OF FOOLS, the boisterous and suggestive, coarse and ribald songs which thoughtle...
"IT IS BETTER TO LISTEN TO THE REBUKE OF. WISE MAN THAN FOR ONE TO LISTEN TO THE SONG OF FOOLS." Please note that the statement infers that we can recognize wisdom when we hear it---only if we are rea...
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 REBUKE OF THE WISE, though it causeth some grief, yet frequently brings great benefit, even reformation and salvation, both from temporal and from eternal destruction, both which are the portion o...
Ecclesiastes 7:5 better H2896 hear H8085 (H8800) rebuke H1606 wise H2450 man H376 hear H8085 (H8802) song...
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL. IF A MAN IS NOT CAREFUL THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN MAKE HIM BEHAVE FOOLISHLY (ECCLESIASTES 7:5). Further wise sayings about our approach to life. The sensible man is e...
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...
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...
Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 15:31; Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 17:10;...