Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ecclesiastes 7:1
Of death — Seeing this life is so full of vanity, and vexation, and misery, it is more desirable for a man to go out of it, than to come into it.
Of death — Seeing this life is so full of vanity, and vexation, and misery, it is more desirable for a man to go out of it, than to come into it.
CHAPTER VII _The value of a good name_, 1. _Advantages of sorrow and correction_, 2-5. _The emptiness of a fool's joy_, 6. _Of oppression_, 7. _The end better than the beginning_, 8. Against has...
NAME ... OINTMENT - The likeness between reputation and odor supplies a common metaphor: the contrast is between reputation, as an honorable attainment which only wise people win, and fragrant odor, a...
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...
NAME... OINTMENT. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), " _shem mishshemen"._ BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24. PRECIOUS. good. Same word as "good" at the beginning of the sentence....
_A good name is better than precious ointment_ The sequence of thought is interrupted, and the writer, instead of carrying on the induction which is to prove that all is vanity, moralizes on the other...
II. A MAN OF WISDOM WHO WORKS IN HARMONY WITH GOD REAPS EARTHLY BENEFITS REGARDLESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 7:112:8 A. ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES TEACH WORTHWHILE LESSONS BUT IF IMPROPERLY INTERPR...
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1.-Consolation to God's people under suffering.-The sorrows of the saints are better t...
7:1 ointment, (h-8) Or '[perfumed] oil,' as Proverbs 27:9 ; so ch. 10.1....
PRECIOUS OINTMENT] This was a much-prized luxury in the East (cp. Psalms 45:8; Amos 6:6; Matthew 26:7; Luke 7:37), but to be held in esteem is still better. There is a
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...
There is a play on words in the original (found also in Song of Solomon 1:3), which Plumptre represents by “a good name is better than good nard.” It was probably an older proverb, which the Preacher...
טֹ֥וב שֵׁ֖ם מִ שֶּׁ֣מֶן טֹ֑וב וְ יֹ֣ום
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...
A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of (b) death than the day of one's birth. (b) He speaks thus after the judgment of the flesh, which thinks death is the end of all evils, o...
_Above him. We are intent on things which regard us not, while we neglect the important concerns of heaven. Hebrew may be joined with the preceding. (Calmet) --- Protestants, (11.) "seeing there are m...
CONTENTS In this chapter the Preacher is proposing several good things, as means, in the divine hand, for a remedy against the vanities of life. He showeth the blessedness of gracious sorrow, and the...
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...
A GOOD NAME [IS] BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT,.... The word "good" is not in the text, but is rightly supplied, as it is by Jarchi; for of no other name can this be said; that which is not good canno...
A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Ver. 1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._] Yea, than great riches. _See Trapp on "_ Pro...
_A good name_ A good and well grounded report from wise and worthy persons; a name for wisdom and goodness with those that are wise and good; _is better than precious ointment_ Which was very fragrant...
A good name, an excellent reputation before men and a high regard in the sight of God, IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT, which was highly valued in the Orient for its refreshing odor; AND THE DAY OF D...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
"A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN. GOOD OINTMENT, AND THE DAY OF ONE'S DEATH IS BETTER THAN THE DAY OF ONE'S BIRTH." "better than. good ointment" -a good name is. good reputation (Prov. Ecclesiastes 22:1).....
1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 7 A good name desirable; and the house of mourning and rebuke better than songs and laughter, ECCLESIASTES 7:1. Exhortations to patience and perseverance, ECCLESIASTES 7:7. Wisdom...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 name H8034 better H2896 precious H2896 ointment H8081 day H3117 death H4194 day H3117 birth H320
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...
AS WE LIVE LIFE IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER ITS BREVITY (ECCLESIASTES 7:1). There now follow a number of wise sayings which are a reminder of the solemnity of life. Ecclesiastes 7:1 ‘A reputation (‘name...
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...
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...
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...
_A good name is better than precious ointment._ THE FRAGRANCE OF MORAL WORTH I. The elements of a good name. It is something more than being “well spoken of,” for often “what is highly esteemed among...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 7:1 The verses that follow indicate that THE DAY OF DEATH refers not to one’s own passing but rather to experiencing the death of another. Bereavement often increases...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:2. FOR THAT IS THE END OF ALL MEN] Not the house of mourning itself, but the fact that every house must, in turn, become such. ECCLESIASTES 7:3. SORROW] Not that passi...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Ecclesiastes 4:2;...