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Verse Ecclesiastes 7:6. _FOR AS THE CRACKLING OF THORNS_] They make a
great noise, a great blaze; and are extinguished in a few moments.
Such indeed, comparatively, are the joys of life; they are nois...
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AS THE CRACKLING OF THORNS - Noisy while it lasts, and quickly
extinguished. See Psalms 58:9 note....
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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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CRACKLING. Same word as "voice" (Genesis 3:8), used of any sound.
THORNS... POT. Note Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebrew.
_hassirim... hassir._ May be Englished by "nettles... kettles"....
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_As the crackling of thorns under a pot_ As in Ecclesiastes 7:1 the
epigrammatic proverb is pointed by a play of alliterative assonance
(_sirim_= thorns, _sir_= pot). "As crackling nettles under kettl...
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e. A rebuke from the wise is better than the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5-7
TEXT 7:5-7
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It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man than for one to
listen to the song of fools.
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For a...
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the
fool: this also is vanity.
AS THE CRACKLING OF THORNS ... The "crackling" answering to the loud
merriment of fools. It is the v...
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AS THE CRACKLING OF THORNS] Frivolity is like the fire which the
wayfarer lights from the thorns that he has gathered, and which goes
out as suddenly as it has sprung up, leaving only dead ashes: cp....
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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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There is again a play on words, which German translators represent by
“the crackling of nettle under the kettle,” and Plumptre “the
crackling of stubble which makes the pot bubble.” The reference
plai...
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כִּ֣י כְ קֹ֤ול הַ סִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַ
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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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For as the crackling of (d) thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter
of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
(d) Which crackle for a while and profit nothing....
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_Wise man. Much prudence is requisite to correct with fruit, and to
persuade the sinner that he is under a mistake. (Calmet)_...
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house
of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay
it to his heart. (3) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by th...
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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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FOR AS THE CRACKLING OF THORNS UNDER A POT, SO [IS] THE LAUGHTER OF
THE FOOL,.... As thorns are weak, useless, and unprofitable; yea,
hurtful and pernicious, and only fit for burning; so are foolish a...
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of
the fool: this also [is] vanity.
Ver. 6. _For as the crackling of thorns under a pot._] Much noise,
little fire; much light, little...
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_It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise_ Which, though it cause
some grief, yet frequently brings great benefit, even reformation, and
salvation both from temporal and from eternal destruction; _...
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, where they are
nevertheless consumed by the fire, SO IS THE LAUGHTER OF THE FOOL, it
agrees well with the apparent merriment of the thorns as they feed the...
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CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
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CRACKLING:
_ Heb._ sound...
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"FOR AS THE CRACKLING OF THORN BUSHES UNDER. POT, SO IS THE LAUGHTER
OF. FOOL, AND THIS TOO IS FUTILITY."
In the Hebrew, there is. pun or play on words here. "For as the
crackling of thorns (nesseln)...
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1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the
wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a
funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is...
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Ecclesiastes 7:6 crackling H6963 thorns H5518 pot H5518 laughter H7814
fool H3684 vanity H1892
as -...
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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 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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 7:2. FOR THAT IS THE END OF ALL MEN] Not the house of
mourning itself, but the fact that every house must, in turn, become
such.
ECCLESIASTES 7:3. SORROW] Not that passi...
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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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2 Peter 2:13; Amos 8:10; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Isaiah 65:13; Jude 1:12;...
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Thorns — Which for a time make a great noise and blaze, but
presently go out....