and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, who uses words and glances to inveigle her victims, and her hands as bands, since she uses them in voluptuous embraces; whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her, by His special mercy; but the sinner, unwilling to accept the correction of the Word of God, shall be taken by her, delivered to her seductions in just punishment of his disobedience.
Verse 26. _AND I FIND MORE BITTER THAN DEATH THE WOMAN_] After all his investigation of the _wickedness of folly_, and the _foolishness_ _of madness_, he found nothing equally dangerous and ruinous wi...
Compare the account of Solomon’s wives 1 Kings 11:1 : see also Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:3......
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...
IN DISPRAISE OF WOMEN. All the foregoing maxims have been tested, yet Qoheleth has not attained wisdom (Ecclesiastes 7:23); the true inwardness of things, the ultimate reality, is beyond his efforts ...
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...
_And I find more bitter than death_ The result is a strange one in its contrast to the dominant tendency of Hebrew thought; especially we may add to that thought as represented by the Son of David wit...
WHOSE HEART IS SNARES AND NETS— _Who herself is a company of hunters; nay, her heart is nets; her hands are bands. He who is good in the presence of God shall escape from her,_ &c. The simile is here...
2. Through intensive study, one comes to see the potential within men and women to do evil. Ecclesiastes 7:25-28 TEXT 7:25-28 25 I directed my mind to know, to investigate, and to seek wisdom and a...
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. AND I FIND MORE...
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...
Sir. 9:3; Sir. 26:23. SNARES. — See Ecclesiastes 9:12; used for siege works, Ecclesiastes 9:14. NETS. — Habakkuk 1:15;...
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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
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...
_Reason. Of all things. In this natural wisdom consists. Septuagint, "and number." He examined the pretensions of philosophy, which attempted thus to predict future events; but found that it was all d...
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...
AND I FIND MORE BITTER THAN DEATH THE WOMAN,.... This was the issue of his diligent studies and researches, and the observations he had made; this was what he found by sad and woeful experience, and w...
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Ver. 26. _An...
_And I find_ By my own sad experience, which Solomon here records as a testimony of his true repentance for his foul miscarriages, for which he was willing to take shame to himself, not only from the...
WHO SO PLEASETH GOD: He that is good before God...
"AND. DISCOVERED MORE BITTER THAN DEATH THE WOMAN WHOSE HEART IS SNARES AND NETS, WHOSE HANDS ARE CHAINS. ONE WHO IS PLEASING TO GOD WILL ESCAPE FROM HER, BUT THE SINNER WILL BE CAPTURED BY HER." Solo...
23-29 Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape;...
I FIND, by my own sad experience; which Solomon here records, partly as an instance of that folly and madness which he expressed in general, ECCLESIASTES 7:25, and partly as a testimony of his true re...
Ecclesiastes 7:26 find H4672 (H8802) bitter H4751 death H4194 woman H802 heart H3820 snares H4685 nets H2764
HIS SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING RESULTING FROM HIS WISDOM HAS MADE HIM AWARE OF MAN'S SINFULNESS AND FOLLY (ECCLESIASTES 7:23). Ecclesiastes 7:23 ‘All this I have tested out in wisdom. I said, “I will b...
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...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 7:25 The Heart of the Problem: Sin. The Preacher has made numerous references to human sinfulness. This short section helps to explain how this sorry condition came a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:27. COUNTING ONE BY ONE, TO FIND OUT THE ACCOUNT] Collecting the results of many observations—thus forming an opinion carefully and slowly. ECCLESIASTES 7:29. MANY INV...
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...
Ecclesiastes 2:26; Judges 16:18; Proverbs 2:18; Proverbs 2:19;...
I find — By my own sad experience. Shall escape — Shall be prevented from falling into her hands....