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Verse Ecclesiastes 7:2. It is _BETTER TO GO TO THE HOUSE OF
MOURNING_] _Birthdays_ were generally kept with great festivity, and
to these the wise man most probably refers; but according to his
maxim...
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THAT - Namely, what is seen in the house of mourning.
LAY IT TO HIS HEART - Consider it attentively....
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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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THE END. Hebrew. _soph_. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:11.
MEN. Hebrew. _'addm_ (with Art.). mankind. App-14. See note on
Ecclesiastes 1:13....
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_It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house
of feasting_ The customs of Jewish mourning must be borne in mind to
appreciate the full force of the maxim. The lamentation lasti...
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b. Attendance at a funeral is better than attendance at a birthday
party. Ecclesiastes 7:2
TEXT 7:2
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It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting,
because that is the end...
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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. IT IS BETTER TO GO TO THE HOUSE OF MOURNING...
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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 LIVING WILL LAY _IT_ TO HIS HEART] Oriental mourning is elaborate
and prolonged. Hence there is abundant opportunity for those who take
life in earnest to obtain a hearing for their counsels....
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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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Comparing this verse with Ecclesiastes 2:24, it is plain that the
Preacher does not in the latter place recommend reckless enjoyment,
but enjoyment tempered by the fear of God, and looking to the end....
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טֹ֞וב לָ לֶ֣כֶת אֶל ־בֵּֽית ־אֵ֗בֶל מִ
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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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[It is] better to go to the house of (c) 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.
(c) Where we may see the hand of G...
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_Name. "It is necessary for the sake of others," (St. Augustine, de B.
Vid. xxii.) particularly for those who have to direct souls. (St.
Gregory in Ezechial) (Calmet) --- In this second part is shewn...
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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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[IT IS] BETTER TO GO TO THE HOUSE OF MOURNING,.... For deceased
relations or friends, who either lie unburied, or have been lately
inferred; for the Jews kept their mourning for their dead several day...
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Ecclesiastes 7:2 [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.
Ver. 2. _It is better...
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_It is better to go to the house of mourning_ Where mourners meet
together to celebrate the funerals of deceased friends; _than to the
house of feasting_ Where people meet to indulge their appetites i...
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, where people, lamenting
for some deceased relative or friend, meditate upon the vanity of
life, THAN TO GO TO THE HOUSE OF FEASTING, where banqueting and
c...
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CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
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"IT IS BETTER TO GO TO. HOUSE OF MOURNING THAN TO GO TO. HOUSE OF
FEASTING, BECAUSE THAT IS THE END OF EVERY MAN, AND THE LIVING TAKES
IT TO HEART."
Points To Note:
1 "there is much to be gained by s...
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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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THE HOUSE OF MOURNING; where mourners meet together to celebrate the
funerals of a deceased friend. _That_, to wit, death, the cause of
that mourning, IS THE END OF ALL MEN; it brings men to the serio...
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Ecclesiastes 7:2 Better H2896 go H3212 (H8800) house H1004 mourning
H60 go H3212 (H8800) house H1004 feasting...
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AS WE LIVE LIFE IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER ITS BREVITY (ECCLESIASTES 7:1).
There now follow a number of wise sayings which are a reminder of the
solemnity of life.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
‘A reputation (‘name...
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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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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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_It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house
of feasting._
ON THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE HOUSE OF MOURNING
It is evident that the wise man does not prefer sorrow, up...
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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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The house — Where mourners meet to celebrate the funeral of a
deceased friend. That — Death. The living — Will be seriously
affected with it, whereas feasting is commonly attended with levity,
and man...