Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Also take no (q) heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
(q) Credit them not, neither care for them.
Also take no (q) heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
(q) Credit them not, neither care for them.
Verse 21. _ALSO TAKE NO HEED UNTO ALL WORDS THAT ARE SPOKEN_] This is good advice, and much for every man's peace through life. _THY SERVANT CURSE THEE_] מקללך _mekallelecha_, make light of thee, spe...
CURSE ... CURSED - Rather, speak evil of ... spoken evil of....
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...
CURSE. revile....
_Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken_ The train of thought leads on to another rule of conduct. The fact that all men sin is shewn by the words with which men talk of the faults and weakn...
CURSE THEE—CURSED OTHERS— _Speaking evil of thee—hast spoken evil of others._ Symmachus in both these places renders the word by λοιδορειν. Many good men's consciences will never accuse them of having...
c. Wisdom protects against false accusations and self-righteousness. Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 TEXT 7:21-22 21 Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, lest you hear your servant cursing...
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: TAKE NO HEED UNTO ALL WORDS. Since therefore thou, being far from perfectly "just" thyself, hast much to be...
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...
גַּ֤ם לְ כָל ־הַ דְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְדַבֵּ֔ר
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...
_Not. 1 John i. 8. Crates said it was "impossible to find one who falls not." (Laertius vi.) (Haydock) --- We must not flatter ourselves with impeccability, ver. 18. (Calmet) --- See Seneca. Clem. i....
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. (23) All this h...
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...
ALSO TAKE NO HEED UNTO ALL WORDS THAT ARE SPOKEN,.... Seeing so it is, that imperfection attends the best of men, no man is wise at all times, foolish words and unguarded expressions will sometimes dr...
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: Ver. 21. _Also take no heed._] But be "as a deaf man that heareth not, and as a dumb man, in whose mouth there...
_Take no heed unto all words that are spoken_ Namely, concerning thee, or against thee. Do not severely observe, or strictly search into them, or listen to hear them, as many persons out of curiosity,...
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken, by being idly curious and anxious about what people say; LEST THOU HEAR THY SERVANT CURSE THEE, the vain listener being disgraced by the remarks of hi...
A SPIRIT OF SORROW OVER SIN AND ITS ALLUREMENTS...
take no heed: _ Heb._ give not thine heart...
"ALSO, DO NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY ALL WORDS WHICH ARE SPOKEN, LEST YOU HEAR YOUR SERVANT CURSING YOU." While there are many things that we need to hear and take seriously (Mark 2:24), the wise man will lea...
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...
TAKE NO HEED; do not severely observe nor strictly search into them, nor listen to hear them, as many persons out of curiosity use to do. UNTO ALL WORDS THAT ARE SPOKEN, to wit, concerning thee, or ag...
Ecclesiastes 7:21 take H5414 (H8799) heart H3820 say H1697 H1696 (H8762) hear H8085 (H8799) servant...
THE IMPORTANCE OF WISDOM IN ALL THINGS (ECCLESIASTES 7:19). Ecclesiastes 7:19 ‘Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.' Ten is regularly used to mean ‘a number o...
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...
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...
Ecclesiastes 7:19-8 Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a better, but failed to reach it: "I said, I will be wis...
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...
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...
_Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken: lest thou hear thy servant curse thee._ LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD OF THEMSELVES I. We should pay some attention to what others think and say about us....
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 13:5; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; Isaiah 29:21...
Also — Do not strictly search into them, nor listen to hear them....