A feast is made for laughter, for foolish rioting, and wine maketh merry, the foolish rulers engaged therein neglecting the building of the government; but money answereth all things, that is, the reveling rulers believe that money will buy anything and cover up the criminality of their behavior.
Verse 19. _A FEAST IS MADE FOR LAUGHTER_] The object of it is to produce merriment, to banish care and concern of every kind. But who are they who make and frequent such places? Epicures and drunkards...
Foolish rulers, by their weakness, self-indulgence and sloth, bring decay upon the state: nobleness and temperance insure prosperity: yet the subject must not rebel in word or thought against his king...
CHAPTER 10 This chapter contains a series of proverbs, expressing the wisdom and prudence of the natural man. Here are a number of observations and all show that there is a practical value in wisdom a...
REFLECTIONS ON GOVERNMENT. These verses are in the strain of Ecclesiastes 10:4. Ecclesiastes 10:16. whose king is a child: _e.g._ like Ptolemy Epiphanes, who became king of Egypt (205 B.C.) at the age...
ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN PROVERBS. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. MAKETH MERRY. will gladden life. Compare Psalms 104:15. ANSWERETH ALL THINGS. maketh everything respond [to their requirements]: i.e. will procure both [feast and wine]...
_money answereth all things_ The maxim as it stands in the English Version, has a somewhat cynical ring, reminding us only too closely of the counsel condemned by the Roman satirist, "O cives, cives,...
BY MUCH SLOTHFULNESS, &C.— _Through slothfulness the building will decay, and through idleness of hands the house will drop;_ Ecclesiastes 10:19 _while they make feasts to divert themselves, and spend...
3. Warnings Ecclesiastes 10:18-20 TEXT 10:18-20 18 Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. 19 Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and mo...
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. A FEAST (HEBREW, BREAD) IS MADE FOR LAUGHTER. Their meals are taken, not for strength, but for self-indulgent ex...
PRACTICAL ADVICE TOUCHING LIFE'S PUZZLES 1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend upon courts, but also in ordinary operations....
If a man is wealthy enough to pay his way, there need be but little stint to the pleasures, lawful or unlawful, in which he may recklessly indulge. But in proportion to the height of the position he o...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 10 THE WAY THAT A FOOLISH PERSON BEHAVES – ECCLESIASTES 10:1-3 V1 Dead flies can ge...
I look on these verses as isolated proverbs, and believe that the obvious meaning suggested by the English of this verse is the right one. Those who strive to trace a continuity of thought take Eccles...
לִ שְׂחֹוק֙ עֹשִׂ֣ים לֶ֔חֶם וְ יַ֖יִן יְשַׂמּ
COMBINED WITH A STEADFAST FAITH IN THE LIFE TO COME. Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Ecclesiastes 12:7 But, soft; is not our man of men becoming a mere man of pleasure? No; for he recognises the claims of duty a...
FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present Li...
How, then, does worldly wisdom work? The preacher shows that its first manifestation is discretion based upon selfishness. This section is a series of brief sayings which are of the nature of proverbs...
_Feast. As if they were born for this purpose, (Philippians iii. 19.; Calmet) fruges consumere nati. (Horace, i. ep. 2.) --- Money. --- Scilicet uxorem cum dote fidemque et amicos,_ Et genus, et form...
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. (19) A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. (20)...
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...
A FEAST IS MADE FOR LAUGHTER,.... Or, "who make bread for laughter" i. Not bakers, who make bread for common use, and for all sorts of persons, sorrowful ones as others; but luxurious men, particularl...
_A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things]._ Ver. 19. _A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry._] Slothful governors, _Regni dilapidatores_ (so...
_A feast is made for laughter_, &c. Not merely for caring, but chiefly for pleasant conversation, and the society of friends; not the laughter of fools, which is madness, but that of wise men, namely,...
MERRY: _ Heb._ maketh glad the life...
"MEN PREPARE. MEAL FOR ENJOYMENT, AND WINE MAKES LIFE MERRY, AND MONEY IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING." Points To Note: Various ideas exist concerning the contextual tie-in of the above verse: 1. "The p...
16-20 The happiness of a land depends on the character of its rulers. The people cannot be happy when their princes are childish, and lovers of pleasure. Slothfulness is of ill consequence both to pr...
The design and effect of feasting and drinking wine is, that men may exhilarate their minds with the society of their friends, and with the use of the creatures. MONEY ANSWERETH ALL THINGS; it procure...
Ecclesiastes 10:19 feast H3899 made H6213 (H8802) laughter H7814 wine H3196 merry H8055 (H8762) H2416 m
THE VALUE OF SILVER (ECCLESIASTES 10:19). Ecclesiastes 10:19 ‘A feast is made for laughter, and wine gladdens the life, and silver answers all things.' The thought here would seem to be that feastin...
Ecclesiastes 10:10 I. In chap. xi. Koheleth urges upon us the necessity of diligence. He has come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to have a nicely calculated scheme of life, because at ev...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
CONTENTS: Proverbs recommending wisdom as of great use for the right ordering of our lives. CHARACTERS: Solomon. CONCLUSION: Fools are apt, at every turn, to proclaim their folly, for if one is lack...
Ecclesiastes 10:1. _Dead flies cause the ointment,_ of exquisite perfumes, _to send forth a stinking savour;_ a satirical proverb, applicable to characters in all the public walks of life. A general,...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:19 BREAD... WINE... MONEY. The Preacher comments favorably here on each of these. Money ANSWERS EVERYTHING in that it can influence a situation to produce the resu...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 10:16. WHEN THY KING IS A CHILD.] Not in age, but in understanding—wanting in all the qualities of a vigorous manhood. And thy princes eat in the morning.] They employ i...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 10:1 Section 11. _A little folly mars the effect of wisdom, _and is sure to make itself conspicuous. ECCLESIASTES 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to sen...
Chapter 10: Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking odor: so does a little folly to him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor (Ecclesiastes 10:1). There are cert...
1 Chronicles 21:24; 1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Peter 4:3; 1 Samuel 25:36;...