He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, for the covetous is never satisfied, never happy; nor he that loveth abundance with increase, having his heart set on a multitude of possessions, for the more he has, the more he wants; this is also vanity, for it cannot yield true happiness.
Verse Ecclesiastes 5:10. _HE THAT LOVETH SILVER SHALL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH_ _SILVER_] The more he gets, the more he would get; for the saying is true: - Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia cres...
3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_ 2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8) 3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH. Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_ an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the graded hierarchy of officials...
NOR HE THAT LOVETH, &C.. And who is [ever] content with abundance without increase (capital without interest). No socialism or "corruption" of text here....
_He that loveth silver_ The sequence of thought led the DEBATER from the evils of the love of money as seen in mis-government to those which are seen in the life of the individual man. The conspicuous...
HE THAT LOVETH ABUNDANCE, &C.— _And he who loveth numerous company, no income shall be sufficient for him._ See Desvoeux, p. 281....
E. ADMONITIONS CONCERNING THE FUTILITY OF RICHES 5:106:12 1. Riches by themselves are vain. Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 a. They do not satisfy. Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 TEXT 5:10-12 10 He who loves money wil...
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. NOT BE SATISFIED WITH SILVER Not only will God punish at last, but meanwh...
DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...
_[Ecclesiastes 5:9]_ אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לֹא ־יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף
SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...
AND A MORE HELPFUL AND CONSOLATORY TRUST IN THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Not content with this, however, the Preacher goes on to show how, when they returned from the House of God to the c...
AND TO TAKE FROM LIFE ITS QUIET AND INNOCENT ENJOYMENTS. Ecclesiastes 5:10 (e) Now surely a life so thick with perils, so beset with temptations, should have a very large and certain reward to offer....
PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE. (b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the Bo...
The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
_Them. He shews the vanity of the great._...
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...
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...
HE THAT LOVETH SILVER SHALL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH SILVER,.... The tillage of the earth is necessary, a very laudable and useful employment, and men do well to busy themselves in it; without this, neit...
_He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity._ Ver. 10. _He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver._] As...
_He that loveth silver shall not_, &c. The greatest treasures of silver do not satisfy the covetous possessor of it, both because his mind is insatiable, his desires being increased by and with his ga...
"HE WHO LOVES MONEY WILL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH MONEY, NOR HE WHO LOVES ABUNDANCE WITH ITS INCOME. THIS TOO IS VANITY." One of the great passages on the lack of real satisfaction which every greedy per...
9-17 The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better tha...
The greatest treasures of silver do not satisfy the covetous possessor of it; partly because his mind is insatiable, and his desires are increased by and with gains; partly because silver of itself ca...
Ecclesiastes 5:10 loves H157 (H8802) silver H3701 satisfied H7646 (H8799) silver H3701 loves H157 (H8802) ab
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BURDENS AND PROBLEMS OF WEALTH (ECCLESIASTES 5:8). Here we find a total contrast to the first seven verses. There the thought was of attitude towards God. Now we move on to the atti...
Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1 I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same. Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on asphodel. The profit of the ea...
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...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
_Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ REVERENCE AND FIDELITY This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...
_He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver._ THE UNSATISFACTORINESS OF MATERIAL WEALTH I. That as goods increase, desire increases. This is not the case universally. There are men whos...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Ecclesiastes 5:10_ THE IMPOTENCE OF WEALTH Wealth, though it confers great social influence and power, has yet some elements of weakness, and fails when the sever...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_ Religious exercises need the observa...
Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1). When you go into the...
1 Timothy 6:10; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:17;...