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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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_The words of a wise man's mouth_ The mention of the babbling
eloquence of "the master of tongue" in the previous verse is naturally
followed by precepts fashioned after the type of those in Proverbs...
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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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The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool
will swallow up himself.
GRACIOUS - literally, grace itself. So the Lord Jesus (). The
disciple of Christ similarly by gracious...
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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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_Are_ GRACIOUS] there is beauty in his talk. WILL SWALLOW UP HIMSELF]
he often will have to eat his own words....
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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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דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי ־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְ
שִׂפְתֹ֥ות כְּס
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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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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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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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_Grace. Pleasing and instructive. (Calmet)_...
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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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THE WORDS OF A WISE MAN'S MOUTH [ARE] GRACIOUS,.... Or "grace" u. He
speaks kind and good things in favour of the characters of men, and
not as the babbling detractor: he speaks well of civil magistra...
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_The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a
fool will swallow up himself._
Ver. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious.] Heb., Are
grace; they are nothing but grace,...
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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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The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, full of pleasant
graciousness and therefore always most welcome; BUT THE LIPS OF A FOOL
WILL SWALLOW UP HIMSELF, he will injure himself by his foolish tal...
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IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
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GRACIOUS:
_ Heb._ grace...
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"WORDS FROM THE MOUTH OF. WISE MAN ARE GRACIOUS, WHILE THE LIPS OF.
FOOL CONSUME HIM;"ARE GRACIOUS" -The wise man in this context would
include. counselor to the king (Ecclesiastes 10:4). Unfortunatel...
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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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GRACIOUS, Heb. _grace_; as profitable, so also acceptable to others,
procuring him favour with those who hear him. WILL SWALLOW UP HIMSELF;
his discourses are ungracious and offensive to others, and t...
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Ecclesiastes 10:12 words H1697 mans H2450 mouth H6310 gracious H2580
lips H8193 fool H3684 up H1104 (H8762
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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 10:8 The various disasters
described in vv. Ecclesiastes 10:8 are all accidental, so the one WHO
DIGS A PIT is
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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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1 Kings 20:40; 2 Samuel 1:16; Colossians 4:6; Ephesians 4:29; Job 16:
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Gracious — Procure him favour with those who hear him....