Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous (m) over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
(m) Do not boast too much of your own justice and wisdom.
Be not righteous (m) over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
(m) Do not boast too much of your own justice and wisdom.
Verse 16. _WHY SHOULDEST THOU DESTROY THYSELF?_] תשומם _tishshomem_, make thyself _desolate_, so that thou shalt be obliged to stand _alone_; neither make thyself over-wise, תתחכם _tithchaccam_, do n...
THE DAYS OF MY VANITY - This does not imply that those days of vanity were ended (see Ecclesiastes 1:12 note). The meaning may be best explained by a paraphrase. Solomon states how the wise man should...
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...
OVER MUCH: i.e. depending on the merit of good works. OVER WISE: i.e. beyond what is necessary. DESTROY THYSELF. make thyself lonely: i.e. forsaken. Compare Job 16:7....
_Be not righteous over much_ Here again we have a distinct reproduction of one of the current maxims of Greek thought, Μηδὲν ἀγὰν (_Ne quid nimis_Nothing in excess) of Theognis 402, and of Chilon (Dio...
DISCOURSE: 836 AGAINST AN OVER-RIGHTEOUS SPIRIT Ecclesiastes 7:16. _Be not righteous orermuch_. THIS is the sheet-anchor of ungodly men. They hate to see a zeal for God and therefore endeavour to rep...
WHY SHOULDST THOU DESTROY THYSELF?— _Why shouldest thou be left alone?_ There is a very remarkable opposition in this and the following verse between the several excesses there mentioned, and a very p...
b. Warnings against the wrong interpretations of life Ecclesiastes 7:16-17 TEXT 7:16-17 16 Do not be excessively righteous, and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself? 17 Do not be e...
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? BE NOT RIGHTEOUS OVER MUCH - forbidding a self-made righteousness of outward performances, in which m...
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...
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...
RIGHTEOUS OVER – MUCH. — The caution is against morbid scrupulosity and over-rigorism. We may illustrate by the case of the Jews, who refused to defend themselves against their enemies on the Sabbath...
אַל ־תְּהִ֤י צַדִּיק֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה וְ אַל ־תִּתְ
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...
_Vanity, during this miserable life. --- Wickedness. This seemed more incongruous under the old law, when long life was promised to the just, (Calmet; Psalm lxxii. 3., and Exodus xx. 12.) though it ch...
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Various have been the opinions concerning the Preacher's meaning in this verse. Common sense, however, c...
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 RIGHTEOUS OVER MUCH,.... This is not meant of true and real righteousness, even moral righteousness, a man cannot be too holy or too righteous; but of a show and ostentation of righteousness, a...
_Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?_ Ver. 16. _Be not righteous over much, neither make, &c._] Virtue consists in a mediocrity. _Omne quod...
_Be not righteous overmuch_ This verse and the next have a manifest reference to Ecclesiastes 7:15, being two inferences drawn from the two clauses of the observation there recorded. Solomon may here...
Be not righteous overmuch, with a mere external, Pharisaic righteousness; NEITHER MAKE THYSELF OVERWISE, in pretending to be a teacher of wisdom, while the substance is still lacking; WHY SHOULDEST TH...
A SPIRIT OF SORROW OVER SIN AND ITS ALLUREMENTS...
DESTROY THYSELF?: _ Heb._ be desolate?...
"DO NOT BE EXCESSIVELY RIGHTEOUS, AND DO NOT BE OVERLY WISE. WHY SHOULD YOU RUIN YOURSELF?" Solomon isn't advocating. half-hearted devotion to God (Revelation 3:16; Luke 13:24; Matthew 6:33). In the c...
11-22 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea better. It shelters from the storms and scorching heat of trouble. Wealth will not lengthen out the natural life; but true wisdom will give spiritual li...
This verse and the next have a manifest reference to ECCLESIASTES 7:15, being two inferences drawn from the two clauses of the observation there recorded. And this verse was delivered by Solomon, eith...
Ecclesiastes 7:16 overly H7235 (H8687) righteous H6662 overly H3148 wise H2449 (H8691) destroy H8074 (H8709
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...
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICAL WISDOM (ECCLESIASTES 7:11). Wisdom As A Defence (Ecclesiastes 7:11). Having wisdom is a good foundation for life, for it provides a form of defence in times of trouble, a...
THE PREACHER NOW GIVES FURTHER WISDOM TEACHING ABOUT LIFE (ECCLESIASTES 7:15). Ecclesiastes 7:15 ‘All this have I seen in my meaningless and transient life (‘the days of my vanity'). There is a right...
BE NOT RIGHTEOUS See; (Ecclesiastes 7:16); (Ecclesiastes 7:17) Natural wisdom: be moderately religious and moderately wicked....
Ecclesiastes 7:16 It is no light argument for the Divine authority of the Bible that so little is to be found in it which can by any sophistry be perverted into an encouragement for sin. Nevertheless...
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...
_Be not righteous overmuch._ THE “RIGHTEOUS OVERMUCH” When the worldling sees another anxiously caring for the things of his soul or attending earnestly to the duties of religion, he is apt to refer...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 7:16 BE NOT OVERLY RIGHTEOUS. One should not always insist on being proved right in an argument. On the other hand, BE NOT OVERLY WICKED, NEITHER BE A FOOL. That is,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:16. BE NOT RIGHTEOUS OVER MUCH; NEITHER MAKE THYSELF OVERWISE] This is not intended to inculcate carelessness in moral conduct, nor as a beatitude upon ignorance. The m...
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 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Timothy 4:3; Colossians 2:18;...
Be not — This verse and the next have a manifest reference to Ecclesiastes 7:15, being two inferences drawn from the two clauses of the observation. Solomon here speaks in the person of an ungodly man...
How is it possible to be too righteous? PROBLEM: Jesus commanded His followers to be “perfect just as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). God said, “You shall therefore be holy, for I am...