A gift — A bribe given to a wise man, deprives him of the use of his understanding. So this verse discovers two ways whereby a wise man may be made mad, by suffering oppression from others, or by receiving bribes to oppress others. And this also is an argument of the vanity of worldly wisdom that is so easily corrupted and lost.
Verse Ecclesiastes 7:7. _OPPRESSION MAKETH A WISE MAN MAD_] This has been translated with good show of reason, "Surely oppression shall give lustre to a wise man: but a gift corrupteth the heart." T...
Rather, oppression (or extortions) maketh a wise man foolish; and a bribe etc. If a wise man, being in a high position, exercises oppression (see Psalms 62:10), or practices extortion, he becomes a fo...
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...
OPPRESSION. oppressing: i.e. the act of oppressing. MAKETH... MAD. Referring to the madness of folly. MAD. beyond control. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:17. A GIFT. a bribe....
_Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad_ Literally, FOR OPPRESSION … The sequence of thought is obscure and the English rendering is an attempt to evade the difficulty by making what follows the begi...
SURELY OPPRESSION MAKETH A WISE MAN MAD— _Surely oppression shall give lustre to a wise man; and a gift corrupteth the heart._ Every sentence contained in the first eight verses of this chapter offers...
e. A rebuke from the wise is better than the song of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:5-7 TEXT 7:5-7 5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man than for one to listen to the song of fools. 6 For a...
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. OPPRESSION MAKETH A WISE MAN MAD - recurring to the idea, ; . Its connection with Ecclesiastes 7:4 is, the sight of "opp...
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...
OPPRESSION] RV 'extortion': sufferings inflicted on the weak by the strong. MAD] RV 'foolish.' THE HEART] RV 'the understanding.' To be condemned by one whose decision is detennined by a bribe causes...
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...
SURELY. — Rather, _For._ This change is required not only by literalness, but by the fact that the verse comes in a series of paragraphs, each commencing with the word “better,” as does the next verse...
כִּ֥י הָ עֹ֖שֶׁק יְהֹולֵ֣ל חָכָ֑ם וִֽ יאַבֵּ֥
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...
Surely oppression maketh a wise man (e) mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (e) A man that is esteemed wise, when he falls to oppression, becomes like a beast....
_Laughter. It is loud and soon over, Ecclesiasticus xxi. 23., and Luke xxvi. 5. (Calmet)_...
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (9)...
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...
SURELY OPPRESSION MAKETH A WISE MAN MAD,.... Which is to be understood either passively, when he is oppressed by others, or sees others oppressed; it raises indignation in him, disturbs his mind, and...
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. Ver. 7. _Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad,_] viz., Till such time as he hath recollected himself, and summoned the sob...
_Oppression maketh a wise man mad_ Either, 1st, When a wise man falls into the sin of oppressing others, he is infatuated by it, and by the riches which he gains in this way: or, rather, 2d, When a ma...
Surely oppression, various forms of tyranny practiced by fools in high and low places, MAKETH A WISE MAN MAD, either by making him call in question the wisdom of God's providence or by leading him int...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
"FOR OPPRESSION MAKES. WISE MAN MAD, AND. BRIBE CORRUPTS THE HEART."MAKES. WISE MAN MAD" -"extortion maddens the wise man" (Ber); "oppression bewilders even. wise man's wits" (Knox). The word oppressi...
7-10 The event of our trials and difficulties is often better than at first we thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit, than to be proud and hasty. Be not soon angry, nor quick in resent...
OPPRESSION; either, 1. Active. When a wise man falls into the practice of this sin of oppressing others, he is besotted by it, and by the vast riches which he by his great wit gets by it. Or rather,...
Ecclesiastes 7:7 oppression H6233 destroys H1984 wise H2450 reason H1984 (H8779) bribe H4979 debases H6 (H8762)
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...
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL. IF A MAN IS NOT CAREFUL THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN MAKE HIM BEHAVE FOOLISHLY (ECCLESIASTES 7:5). Further wise sayings about our approach to life. The sensible man is e...
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...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 7:7 OPPRESSION refers here to blackmail. ⇐ ⇔
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...
1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 8:3; Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 28:33;...