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Verse Ecclesiastes 7:10. _THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?_]
This is a _common saying_; and it is as _foolish_ as it is common.
There is no weight nor truth in it; but men use it to excuse the...
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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...
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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...
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_What is the cause that the former days were better than these_ It
would be a mistake to treat this as describing merely the temper of
one who is a "_laudator temporis acti, se puero_." That is, as th...
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DISCOURSE: 834
CONTENTMENT RECOMMENDED
Ecclesiastes 7:10. _Say not thou, What is the cause that the former
days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely
concerning this_.
IN the writi...
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g. The now is better than the former days. Ecclesiastes 7:10
TEXT 7:10
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Do not say, Why is it that the former days are better than these? For
it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
THOUG...
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than
these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE. Do not call in question God's...
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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...
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CONCERNING. — This preposition is used after “enquire” only in
later Hebrew (Nehemiah 1:2)....
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אַל ־תֹּאמַר֙ מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤ הַ
יָּמִים֙
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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
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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...
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Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not enquire (g) wisely concerning this.
(g) Murmur not against God when he sends adversities for man's sin...
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_Bosom, as in its proper place. The wise may feel its impressions, but
he immediately makes resistance._...
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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)...
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_THE ‘GOOD OLD TIMES’_
‘Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.’
Ecclesiastes 7:10
This text has a natural and...
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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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SAY NOT THOU, WHAT IS [THE CAUSE] THAT THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER
THAN THESE?.... This is a common opinion, that in all ages prevails
among men, that former times were better than present ones; that...
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Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Ver. 10. _Say not thou, What is the cause? &c._] This, saith an
interp...
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_Say not thou_ Namely, by way of impatient expostulation and complaint
against God, either for permitting such disorders in the world, or for
bringing thee into the world in such an evil time and stat...
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than
these? the reference being to such as criticize and carp without
attempting to improve present conditions. FOR THOU DOST NOT ENQUI...
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CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
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WISELY:
_ Heb._ out of wisdom...
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"DO NOT SAY, 'WHY IS IT THAT THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?'
FOR IT IS NOT FROM WISDOM THAT YOU ASK ABOUT THIS."DO NOT SAY"
-Solomon is relentless! "verse 10 is even more crushing, as befits...
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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...
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SAY NOT THOU, to wit, by way of impatient expostulation and complaint
against God, either for permitting such disorders in the world, or for
bringing thee into the world in such an evil time and state...
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Ecclesiastes 7:10 say H559 (H8799) former H7223 days H3117 better
H2896 inquire H7592 (H8804) wisely H2451
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 7:10
This text has a natural and deep connection with Solomon and his
times. The former days were better than his days; he could not help
seeing that they were. He must have feared lest t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than
these?_
MISTAKEN SIGNS
On the whole we may confidently affirm that the world improves, and
yet in certain moods we are apt to r...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 7:11. WISDOM IS GOOD WITH AN INHERITANCE] Wisdom, though
good in itself, yet when joined with ample means imparts a power of
doing good to others.
ECCLESIASTES 7:12. WIS...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 7:1
Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED
EXPERIENCES IN THE
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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...
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Genesis 6:11; Genesis 6:12; Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 44:17; Judges 6:13;...
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Better — More quiet and comfortable. For this is an argument of a
mind unthankful for the many mercies, which men enjoy even in evil
times. For — This question shews thy folly in contending with thy
L...