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Verse Ecclesiastes 7:9. _ANGER RESTETH IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS._] A
wise man, off his guard, may feel it for a moment: but in him it
cannot _rest_: it is a _fire_ which he immediately casts out of his...
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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...
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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...
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_Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry_ From sins of speech in
general, the teacher passes on to that which is the source from which
they most often flow. Anger, alike from the Stoic and Epicurean
st...
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TO BE ANGRY;—FOR ANGER— _To grieve; for grief,_ &c.] So our
translators have rendered the original word, chap. Ecclesiastes 2:23.
See also chap. Ecclesiastes 5:17 and Ecclesiastes 11:10; and, t
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f. Patience is better than anxiety. Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
TEXT 7:8-9
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The end of a matter is better than its beginning; patience of spirit
is better than haughtiness of spirit.
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Do not be eager in...
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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...
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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...
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RESTETH. — Proverbs 14:33....
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אַל ־תְּבַהֵ֥ל בְּ רֽוּחֲךָ֖ לִ
כְעֹ֑וס כִּ֣י
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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
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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...
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_Speech. Hebrew, "thing." The best projects often are seen to fail.
--- Beginning, as the auditor is on longer kept in suspense. ---
Presumptuous. Rashness must not be confounded with courage. (Calmet...
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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the
heart. (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof:
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (9)...
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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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BE NOT HASTY IN THY SPIRIT TO BE ANGRY,.... With men, for every word
that is said, or action done, that is not agreeable; encourage not,
but repress, sudden angry emotions of the mind; be not quick of...
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom
of fools.
Ver. 9. _Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry._] The hasty man, we
say, never wants woe. For wrath is an evil counse...
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_Better is the end of a thing than the beginning_ The good or evil of
things is better known by their end than by their beginning; which is
true, not only respecting evil counsels and practices, which...
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, easily insulted, holding a
grudge for a long time, impatient in adversity; FOR ANGER RESTETH IN
THE BOSOM OF FOOLS, with them only is an irritable disposition f...
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CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
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"DO NOT BE EAGER IN YOUR HEART TO BE ANGRY, FOR ANGER RESIDES IN THE
BOSOM OF FOOLS."EAGER IN YOUR HEART" -quick to be angry. The idea is
that of hastening, in. hurry to be angry. When our attitude is...
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7-10 The event of our trials and difficulties is often better than at
first we thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit, than to
be proud and hasty. Be not soon angry, nor quick in resent...
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Be not angry with any man without due consideration, and just and
necessary cause; for otherwise anger is sometimes lawful, and
sometimes a duty. RESTETH; hath its settled and quiet abode, is their
co...
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Ecclesiastes 7:9 hasten H926 (H8762) spirit H7307 angry H3707 (H8800)
anger H3708 rests H5117 (H8799) bosom...
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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...
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IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL. IF A MAN IS NOT CAREFUL THERE ARE
THINGS THAT CAN MAKE HIM BEHAVE FOOLISHLY (ECCLESIASTES 7:5).
Further wise sayings about our approach to life. The sensible man is
e...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. WIS...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 7:1
Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED
EXPERIENCES IN THE
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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...
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1 Samuel 25:21; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Samuel 13:22; 2 Samuel 13:28;...