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Ecclesiastes 7:22
for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others, conscience being a stern accuser and bringing home many a sin which one has practically forgotten.
for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others, conscience being a stern accuser and bringing home many a sin which one has practically forgotten.
Verse 22. _THOU THYSELF - HAST CURSED OTHERS._] קללת _kalalta_, thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighb...
CURSE ... CURSED - Rather, speak evil of ... spoken evil of....
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...
_For oftentimes also thine own heart_ The rule of the previous verse is backed by an appeal to a man's own conscience, "_mutato nomine de te fabula narratur_." "Thou too art not free from the habit of...
CURSE THEE—CURSED OTHERS— _Speaking evil of thee—hast spoken evil of others._ Symmachus in both these places renders the word by λοιδορειν. Many good men's consciences will never accuse them of having...
c. Wisdom protects against false accusations and self-righteousness. Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 TEXT 7:21-22 21 Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, lest you hear your servant cursing...
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. THOU THYSELF LIKEWISE HAST CURSED OTHERS - (.) Conscience reminds the believer of the sins of which his su...
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...
THINE OWN HEART KNOWETH. — Ecclesiastes 8:5; 1 Kings 2:44; Proverbs 14:10....
כִּ֛י גַּם ־פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבֹּ֖ות יָדַ֣ע לִבֶּ֑ךָ...
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...
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. (23) All this h...
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...
FOR OFTENTIMES ALSO THINE OWN HEART KNOWETH,.... Or "thy conscience", as the Vulgate Latin version, which is as a thousand witnesses; which, if a man attends to, he will be convinced of his own faults...
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. Ver. 22. _For oftentimes also thine own heart knows._] Conscience is God's spy, and man's overseer; and thou...
_Take no heed unto all words that are spoken_ Namely, concerning thee, or against thee. Do not severely observe, or strictly search into them, or listen to hear them, as many persons out of curiosity,...
"FOR YOU ALSO HAVE REALIZED THAT YOU LIKEWISE HAVE MANY TIMES CURSED OTHERS." A good dose of humility will enable us to deal with the unkind things that people say from time to time. This doesn't mean...
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...
HEART; mind or conscience, as that word is frequently used. HAST CURSED OTHERS; either upon some great provocation and sudden passion, or possibly upon a mere mistake, or false report; in which case t...
Ecclesiastes 7:22 times H6471 H7227 heart H3820 known H3045 (H8804) cursed H7043 (H8765) others H312...
THE IMPORTANCE OF WISDOM IN ALL THINGS (ECCLESIASTES 7:19). Ecclesiastes 7:19 ‘Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.' Ten is regularly used to mean ‘a number o...
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 7:19-8 Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a better, but failed to reach it: "I said, I will be wis...
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...
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 7:16. 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 2:44; James 3:9; John 8:7; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 18:32...