Folly is set in great dignity, foolish and incompetent persons are given posts of honor and authority, and the rich, not the foolishly wealthy, but the noble, distinguished, and wise, sit in low place, they are deprived of their rightful positions of authority and honor.
The “evil” of Ecclesiastes 10:5 is here specified as that caprice of a king by which an unworthy favorite of low origin is promoted to successive dignities, while a noble person is degraded or neglect...
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...
ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN PROVERBS. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
FOLLY. a great dullard. Hebrew. _sakal,_ as in verses: Ecclesiastes 10:1; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Ecclesiastes 10:3;...
_Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place_ For "great dignity," literally GREAT HEIGHTS. The "rich" here are those who by birth and station are looked on as the natural rulers of m...
2. Foolishness leads to humiliation. Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 TEXT 10:5-7 5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler 6 folly is set in many exalted pla...
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. THE RICH SIT IN LOW PLACE - not in mere wealth, but in wisdom, as the antithesis to "folly" (for "foolish men") shows. [So rich, `ashiy...
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....
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...
נִתַּ֣ן הַ סֶּ֔כֶל בַּ † מְּרֹומִ֖ים רַבִּ֑ים...
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...
Folly is set in great dignity, and the (e) rich sit in low place. (e) They who are rich in wisdom and virtue....
_Rich. Such were chosen magistrates, Exodus xviii. 21., and Proverbs xxviii. 16., and xxx. 21._...
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. (3) Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to everyone that he is a fool. (4...
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...
FOLLY IS SET IN GREAT DIGNITY,.... Or "in great heights" q; in high places of honour and truest; even foolish and wicked men; men of poor extraction, of low life, and of mean abilities and capacities;...
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. Ver. 6. _Folly is set in great dignity._] _Sedes prima et vita ima,_ _a_ these suit not. _Dignitas in indigno est ornamentum in luto._ Ro...
_There is an evil_, &c. I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour among men; _as an error which proceedeth_, &c. Or rather, as the Hebrew may be translated, _which is indeed an error proce...
IN GREAT DIGNITY: _ Heb._ in great heights...
"FOLLY IS SET IN MANY EXALTED PLACES WHILE RICH MEN SIT IN HUMBLE PLACES." So much for absolute confidence in any form of government or administration! Yes, nothing has changed, even Solomon saw that...
4-10 Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit thy post of duty; wait awhile, and thou wilt find that yieldin...
FOLLY IS SET IN GREAT DIGNITY; foolish and unworthy persons are frequently advanced by the favour or humour of princes into places of highest trust and dignity, which is a great reproach and mischief...
Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly H5529 set H5414 (H8738) great H7227 dignity H4791 rich H6223 sit H3427 (H8799) pla
BEHAVIOUR CONNECTED WITH SUPERIORS (ECCLESIASTES 10:4). Ecclesiastes 10:4 ‘If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, do not leave your place, for deference will compensate for great offences.'...
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...
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...
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 10:6 The Preacher is aware that the poor can possess wisdom and that the wealthy ruling classes can be corrupt. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 10:5. AS AN ERROR WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE RULER.] Not a mere error, as such, but one which is manifest by its consequences—caprices of despotism like those described 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 Kings 12:13; 1 Kings 12:14; Esther 3:1; James 2:3; Judges 9:14;...
The rich — Wise and worthy men, rich in endowments of mind....