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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...
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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...
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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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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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אַל ־תְּהִ֤י צַדִּיק֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה וְ
אַל ־תִּתְ
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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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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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 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...
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_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...
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_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...
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DESTROY THYSELF?:
_ Heb._ be desolate?...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 7:16 overly H7235 (H8687) righteous H6662 overly H3148
wise H2449 (H8691) destroy H8074 (H8709
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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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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...
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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...
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BE NOT RIGHTEOUS
See; (Ecclesiastes 7:16); (Ecclesiastes 7:17) Natural wisdom: be
moderately religious and moderately wicked....
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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...
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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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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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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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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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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 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Timothy 4:3; Colossians
2:18;...
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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...
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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...