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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:26. _GIVETH - WISDOM, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND JOY_]
1. God gives _wisdom_ - the knowledge of himself, light to direct in
the way of salvation.
2. _Knowledge_ - understanding to disce...
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Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to
vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13. Both are
brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which come on...
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CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES
_ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_
2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12)
Ecclesiastes 2:1
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The best thing for a man is to get what pleasure he can out of life.
And after all this is the Divine scheme of life, the ordinance of God.
No one can eat or be happy apart from Him (see _mg.)._ Eccle...
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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SINNER. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. Occurs again in Ecclesiastes six
times. (Ecclesiastes 5:6; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Ecclesiastes 7:26;...
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_For God giveth_ The word for God, as the italics shew, is not in the
Hebrew, but it is obviously implied, and its non-appearance justifies
the change in the text of the previous verse, which preserve...
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_THE VANITY OF GATHERING -- ECCLESIASTES 2:24-26:_ Solomon said that
the best thing that a man can do is enjoy in a cheerful and
comfortable manner the good he has received from the hand of God. He
sh...
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DISCOURSE: 831
THE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND WICKED
Ecclesiastes 2:26. _God giveth to a man that is good in his sight,
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travai...
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FOR WHO CAN EAT, &C.— _For who shall eat, and who shall enjoy
without him?_ It might also be rendered, _For who shall eat, and who
shall reflect more than I?_ Ecclesiastes 2:26. For he giveth wisdom
a...
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c. Labor is good only when it is acknowledged as from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
TEXT 2:24-26
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There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell
himself that his labor i...
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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and
to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This...
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EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS
1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is
folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
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_That he_ MAY GIVE] The sinner's possessions pass to the just man, to
be used aright: cp. Job 27:16; Proverbs 13:22. VEXATION OF SPIRIT] see
on Proverbs 1:14. The sinner's toil and expectations are al...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 2
THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...
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On the doctrine that the wicked amass wealth for the righteous, see
marginal references....
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כִּ֤י לְ אָדָם֙ שֶׁ טֹּ֣וב לְ פָנָ֔יו
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Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the
king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of
wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
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_Pleased God, though he may not be his relation, Proverbs xxvi. 16.,
and Job xiii. 22. (Calmet)_...
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For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever;
seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten.
And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. (17) Therefore I ha...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! I charge it upon you to take with you the evidences which
arise out of this Chapter, in favour of Jesus and his salvation.
Surely the Preacher intended, by this way of preaching, i...
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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...
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FOR [GOD] GIVETH TO A MAN THAT [IS] GOOD IN HIS SIGHT,.... No man is
of himself good, or naturally so, but evil, very evil, as all the
descendants of Adam are; there are some that are good in their ow...
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_For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight_ Who not only seems
to men to be good, as many bad men do, but is really and sincerely
good; or, _who pleaseth him_, as the same phrase, שׂוב לפניו,...
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For God giveth to a man that is good in His sight, who lives before
Him in the fear of God, WISDOM, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND JOY, as a reward
dealt out by His mercy; BUT TO THE SINNER, the godless, the
unbe...
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THE VANITY OF LABOR IN ITSELF...
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IN HIS SIGHT:
_ Heb._ before him...
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"FOR TO. PERSON WHO IS GOOD IN HIS SIGHT HE HAS GIVEN WISDOM AND
KNOWLEDGE AND JOY, WHILE TO THE SINNER HE HAS GIVEN THE TASK OF
GATHERING AND COLLECTING SO THAT HE MAY GIVE TO ONE WHO IS GOOD IN
GOD'...
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18-26 Our hearts are very loth to quit their expectations of great
things from the creature; but Solomon came to this at length. The
world is a vale of tears, even to those that have much of it. See...
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THAT IS GOOD IN HIS SIGHT; who not only seems to be good to men, as
many bad men do, but is really and sincerely good. Or, _who pleaseth
him_, as this phrase is rendered, ECCLESIASTES 7:26, and oft
el...
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Ecclesiastes 2:26 gives H5414 (H8804) wisdom H2451 knowledge H1847 joy
H8057 man H120 good H2896 sight H6440
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HIS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION (ECCLESIASTES 2:24).
Ecclesiastes 2:24
‘There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and
drink, and make his soul enjoy good as a result of (in) his efforts. I...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2
I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to
wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience,
not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
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CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and
satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
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Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus,
whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18.
Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy,
_it is mad._ Chald...
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_There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour._
THE SIMPLE JOYS OF GODLY INDUSTRY
We are not to regard these words a...
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_For God giveth to a man that is good in His sight._
TRUE GOODNESS
I. He who is good before God is good.
1. A man may be good in his own esteem, and yet not be really so. The
way in which we someti...
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_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._
THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE
Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter.
I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:24 If a person does not believe
his work will have a lasting impact on the world, the best he can hope
for is to FIND ENJOYMENT in TOIL and in God’s simple gifts of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:24. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN THAN THAT HE
SHOULD EAT AND DRINK] Not in the Epicurean sense, worshipping the
triad of sensual life—eat, drink, and be merry; bu...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth
embarks on a course of sensua...
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So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with
[pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this
was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
So we read in the New Testament the ep...
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1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Chronicles 31:20; 2
Chronicles 31:21;...
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WHAT IS GOOD IN THIS LIFE
Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
It is expressed in Chapter s 6 and 12: "Who kno...
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VANITY AND VEXATION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 2:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on
Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his heart co...
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Wisdom — To direct him how to use his comforts aright; that so they
may be blessings, and not curses to him. Joy — A thankful contented
mind. To heap up — He giveth him up to insatiable desires, and
w...