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Verse 14. _A MAN CANNOT TELL WHAT SHALL BE_] A foolish babbling man
will talk on every subject, though he can say as little on the _past_,
as he can on the _future_....
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FULL OF WORDS - Confident talking of the future is indicated rather
than mere loquacity. Compare James 4:13....
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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...
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ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN
PROVERBS.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
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_A fool also is full of words_ Literally, MULTIPLIES WORDS. The
introduction of "a man" is not an idle pleonasm. The "man" is not the
"fool," but the fool forgets the limitations of human knowledge, a...
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A MAN CANNOT TELL WHAT SHALL BE— _A man knoweth not what hath been._...
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E. THOSE WHO WORK CONTRARY TO WISDOM ARE REPREHENSIBLE. Ecclesiastes
10:12-20
1. Talkers and workers Ecclesiastes 10:12-15
TEXT 10:12-15
12
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while t...
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A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and
what shall be after him, who can tell him?
FULL OF WORDS () - boasting (as the context implies) of what he will
do, how he will l...
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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....
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A fool talks confidently and fluently of the future, as though it
could be foreseen....
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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...
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A MAN CANNOT TELL. — This thought occurs repeatedly in this book.
(See _reff._) The connection here would be better seen if the clause
were introduced with “and yet.” The fool’s courageous loquacity
i...
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וְ הַ סָּכָ֖ל יַרְבֶּ֣ה דְבָרִ֑ים לֹא
־יֵדַ֤ע
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Tell him. How foolish, therefore, is it to speak about every thing!_...
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He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him. (9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt
therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereb...
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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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A FOOL ALSO IS FULL OF WORDS,.... Or, "multiplies words" y. Is very
talkative, says the same thing over and over again; uses an abundance
of waste words, that have no meaning in them; utters every thi...
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A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and
what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Ver. 14. _A fool also is full of words._] A very wordy man he is, and
a great deal of sma...
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_The words of a wise man are gracious_ Hebrew, חן, grace: as they
are profitable, so they are acceptable to others, procuring him favour
with those that hear him. _But the lips of a fool will swallow...
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A fool also is full of words, he is talkative with empty loquacity; A
MAN CANNOT TELL WHAT SHALL BE; AND WHAT SHALL BE AFTER HIM, WHO CAN
TELL HIM? And yet a fool will usually have most to say about f...
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IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
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IS FULL OF WORDS:
_ Heb._ multiplieth words...
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11-15 There is a practice in the East, of charming serpents by music.
The babbler's tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison; and
contradiction only makes it the more violent. We must find the...
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FULL OF WORDS; either,
1. Talkative. Or,
2. Forward to promise and brag what he will do, which is the common
practice of foolish men; he is a man of words, as we use to say. _Who
can tell him_ ? the...
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Ecclesiastes 10:14 fool H5530 multiplies H7235 (H8686) words H1697 man
H120 knows H3045 (H8799) tell H5046
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WISE WORDS (ECCLESIASTES 10:12). .
10.l2-13 ‘The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips
of a fool swallow him up. The beginning of the words of his mouth is
foolishn...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:14 The fact that NO MAN KNOWS
WHAT IS TO BE does not prevent a FOOL from making many unsupported
predictions....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 10:11. A BABBLER IS NO BETTER.] _Lit_., “The master of
the tongue.” One who is of ready utterance, capable of producing
great effects by the power of speech, yet lacking...
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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...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes
8:7;...
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Full of words — Forward to promise and boast what he will do,
whereas none can be sure of future events, even during his own life,
much more after his death....