Ecclesiastes 7:13
What meaning of the ecclesiastes 7:13 in the Bible?
What does Ecclesiastes 7:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?"
What does Ecclesiastes 7:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?"
Verse 13. _CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD_] Such is the nature of his providence, that it puts money into the hands of few: but wisdom is within the reach of all. The first is not necessary to happiness; th...
THE WORK OF GOD - The scheme of Divine Providence, the course of events which God orders and controls (compare Ecclesiastes 3:11). It comprises both events which are “straight,” i. e., in accordance w...
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...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God: i.e. the Deity. App-4....
_who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked_ The sequence of thought is as follows. To "consider the work of God" intelligently is one application of the wisdom which has been praised in E...
CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD— _Second advice._ We should content ourselves with contemplating the works of God, without presuming to judge of them, or to set right that which is not so in our apprehension...
j. Trusting God for tomorrow is better than knowing about tomorrow. Ecclesiastes 7:13-14 TEXT 7:13-14 13 Consider the work of God, for who is able to straighten what He has bent? 14 In the day of...
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD - consider that it is impossible to alter His dispensations. FOR WHO CAN MAKE (THAT...
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...
רְאֵ֖ה אֶת ־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָ אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י מִ֤י יוּכַל֙ לְ תַקֵּ֔ן אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִוְּתֹֽו׃...
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 Chief Good i...
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...
_Them. Money may procure necessaries for the body; (Haydock) but wisdom gives a long and happy life, Proverbs iv. 10., and Baruch iii. 28. (Calmet)_...
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. (12) For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth lif...
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...
CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD,.... This is dressed to those who thought the former days better than the present, and were ready to quarrel with the providence of God, Ecclesiastes 7:10; and are therefore a...
Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked? _Ver 13. Consider the work of God, &c._] _q.d., _ Stoop, since there is no standing out. See God in that thou s...
_Consider the work of God_ Not of _creation_, but of _providence;_ his wise, and just, and powerful government of all events, which is proposed as the last and best remedy against all murmurings. _For...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
"CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD, FOR WHO IS ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN WHAT HE HAS BENT?" Here we see that true wisdom won't try to change or deny what God has done. Rather, the truly wise man will submit to and a...
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...
THE WORK OF GOD; not of creation, but of providence; his wise, and just, and powerful government of all events in the world, which is proposed as the last and best remedy against all murmurings and si...
Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider H7200 (H8798) work H4639 God H430 can H3201 (H8799) straight H8626 (H8763) crooked H5791 (H8765) Consider - Job 37:14; Psalms 8:3, Psalms 107:43; Isaiah 5:12
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 th...
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 pr...
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...
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. WI...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY OF WARNINGS AND RULES OF LIFE. ECCLESIASTES 7:1 Section 1. Though no man knows...
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...
Daniel 4:35; Ecclesiastes 1:15; Ephesians 1:11; Isaiah 14:27; Isaiah 43:13; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 5:12; Job 11:10; Job 12:14;...
Consider — His wise, and just, and powerful government of all events, which is proposed as the last and best remedy against all murmurings. For who — No man can correct or alter any of God's works; an...