Verse Ecclesiastes 5:2. Be not rash with thy mouth] Do not hasten with thy mouth; weigh thy words, feel deeply, think much, speak little.
"When ye approach his altar, on your lips
Set strictest guard; and let your thoughts be pure,
Fervent, and recollected. Thus prepared,
Send up the silent breathings of your souls,
Submissive to his will." C.
3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_ 2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8) 3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
REALITY IN RELIGION. This section deals with worship and vows. Those who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear) must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls th...
THING. word. UPON EARTH. Same idea as "under the sun". See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3....
_Be not rash with thy mouth_ The rule follows the worshipper from the threshold into the Temple-court and tells him how he is to act there. We are reminded of our Lord's warning against "vain repetiti...
D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9 1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a TEXT 5:1a Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, THO
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH - a...
DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...
FEW. — Sir. 7:14; Sir. 18:22....
_[Ecclesiastes 5:1]_ אַל ־תְּבַהֵ֨ל עַל ־פִּ֜יךָ וְ...
SO ALSO A HAPPIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WORSHIP IS OPEN TO MEN; Ecclesiastes 5:1 The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the intrigues of the Divan into the House of Go...
PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE. (b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the Bo...
SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...
The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
Be not (a) rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be (b) few. (a) Either in vowing o...
_Folly. Under anxiety a person is naturally disturbed with dreams, in which some true ideas may present themselves; in like manner, as a great talker will say some things respecting God, which may not...
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. (2) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not...
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...
BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH, AND LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY TO UTTER [ANY] THING BEFORE GOD,.... In private conversation care should be taken that no rash and unadvised words be spoken in haste, as w...
_Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few._ Ver. 2. _Be not rash with...
_Be not rash with thy mouth_ Speak not without due consideration; _and let not thy heart be hasty_ Do not give way to every sudden motion of thy heart, nor suffer it to break out of thy lips till thou...
Be not rash with thy mouth, quick to speak, especially in thoughtless prayer, AND LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY TO UTTER ANYTHING BEFORE GOD, since prayer demands an attitude of true devotion; FOR GOD...
PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...
THING: Or, word...
"DO NOT BE HASTY IN WORD OR IMPULSIVE IN THOUGHT TO BRING UP. MATTER IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. FOR GOD IS IN HEAVEN AND YOU ARE ON THE EARTH; THEREFORE LET YOUR WORDS BE FEW."DO NOT BE HASTY IN WORD" -...
1-3 Address thyself to the worship of God, and take time to compose thyself for it. Keep thy thoughts from roving and wandering: keep thy affections from running out toward wrong objects. We should a...
BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH; speak not without good understanding and due consideration. LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY; do not give way to every sudden motion of thine heart, nor suffer it to break out...
Ecclesiastes 5:2 rash H926 (H8762) mouth H6310 heart H3820 utter H3318 (H8687) anything H1697 hastily H4116 ...
CHAPTER 5 TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP. THE PROBLEM OF RICHES. THE GOOD LIFE. The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1). This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher's musin...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
Ecclesiastes 4:1 I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had formerly thought) it would so soon be ove...
CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
_Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ REVERENCE AND FIDELITY This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Fear God, the Holy and Righteous One. In this section, the encouragement to “fear God” is motivated by his holy and righteous character (compare note on...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 5:1. THY FOOT] The outward movement, as showing the tendency of the heart. THE SACRIFICE OF FOOLS] Some unworthy satisfaction of the religious idea—an offering whose purp...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_ Religious exercises need the observa...
Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1). When you go into the...
1 Samuel 14:24; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Genesis 18:27;...
Rash — Speak not without due consideration. To utter — Either in prayer, or vows. For God — Is a God of infinite majesty, holiness, and knowledge. Thy words — Either in prayer or in vowing....