Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ecclesiastes 10:20
Thy thought — In the most secret manner. The rich — Princes or governors. A bird — The king will hear of it by unknown and unsuspected hands, as if a bird had heard and carried the report of it.
Thy thought — In the most secret manner. The rich — Princes or governors. A bird — The king will hear of it by unknown and unsuspected hands, as if a bird had heard and carried the report of it.
Verse Ecclesiastes 10:20. _CURSE NOT THE KING_] Do not permit thyself even to think evil of the king; lest thy tongue at some time give vent to thy thoughts, and so thou be chargeable with treason....
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...
ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN PROVERBS. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
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...
CURSE NOT THE KING. Revile not. king. IN THY THOUGHT. in thy secret thought: i.e. with all thy [acquired] knowledge. Hebrew. _madda',_. rare word. Occurs only six times. Rendered "thought", here; "kno...
_Curse not the king, no not in thy thought_ The words paint, as from a painful experience, the all-pervading espionage, which, as in the _delatores_of the Roman Empire, associates itself naturally wit...
CURSE NOT THE KING— _Speak not evil of the king, though thou shouldest know reason for it; nay, speak not evil of the rich, not even in the recesses of thy bed-chamber; for a bird of the air shall car...
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...
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. THOUGHT - literal...
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....
Nevertheless silent submission to authority is the only safety for an ordinary person....
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...
THOUGHT. — A word of later Hebrew, found only in Daniel and Chronicles. THAT WHICH HATH WINGS. — Literally, _master of wings_; and so also Proverbs 1:17. (Comp. “master of the tongue,” Ecclesiastes 1...
גַּ֣ם בְּ מַדָּֽעֲךָ֗ מֶ֚לֶךְ אַל ־תְּקַלֵּ֔ל...
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...
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...
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...
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a (l) bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. (l) You cannot w...
_Said. Pigeons are taught to carry letters in the east, and Solomon alludes to this custom, or he makes use of this hyperbole to shew, that kings will discover the most secret inclinations by means of...
REFLECTIONS READER! the whole of this Chapter leads to very many important reflections, and if followed up to the source from whence all blessings flow, and in which all terminate; we shall find that...
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...
CURSE NOT THE KING; NO, NOT IN THY THOUGHT,.... Though he is a child, and unskilful in government, gives himself to his passions and pleasures, and neglects the affairs of the kingdom; yet be so far f...
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Ver. 20. _Curse not...
_Curse not the king_ Having spoken of the miscarriages of kings, he now gives a caution to their subjects, that they should not thence take occasion to speak irreverently or contemptuously of them, or...
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, in the innermost consciousness, the danger being that this state of mind will be revealed, AND CURSE NOT THE RICH IN THY BED-CHAMBER, in the foolish hope th...
IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
THOUGHT: Or, conscience...
"FURTHERMORE, IN YOUR BEDCHAMBER DO NOT CURSE. KING, AND IN YOUR SLEEPING ROOMS DO NOT CURSE. RICH MAN, FOR. BIRD OF THE HEAVENS WILL CARRY THE SOUND, AND THE WINGED CREATURE WILL MAKE THE MATTER KNOW...
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...
CURSE NOT THE KING. Having spoken of the miscarriages of kings, he now gives a caution to their subjects, that they should not thence take occasion to speak irreverently or contemptuously of them, or...
Ecclesiastes 10:20 curse H7043 (H8762) king H4428 thought H4093 curse H7043 (H8762) rich H6223 bedroom H231
A WARNING AGAINST UNWISE CURSING LEST THE FACT REACH THE ONE WHO IS CURSED (ECCLESIASTES 10:20). Ecclesiastes 10:20 ‘Do not curse the king, no, not in your thought. And do not curse the rich, even in...
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,...
THE LITTLE BIRD THAT TELLS A bird of the air shall carry the voice. Ecclesiastes 10:20. I wonder how many of you know the story of the “cranes of Ibycos.” Ibycos was a Greek poet who lived more tha...
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...
Acts 23:5; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Ecclesiastes 7:22; Exodus 22:28; I