And seek — He useth three words signifying the same thing, to intimate his vehement desire, and vigorous, and unwearied endeavours after it. The reason — Both of God's various providences, and of the counsels and courses of men. The wickedness — Clearly and fully to understand the great evil of sin.
Verse 25. _I APPLIED MINE HEART_] I cast about, סבותי _sabbothi_, I made a circuit; I circumscribed the ground I was to traverse; and all within my circle I was determined to _know_, and to _investig...
REASON - The same word is translated “account” Ecclesiastes 7:27, “invention” Ecclesiastes 7:29, and “device” Ecclesiastes 9:10 : it is derived from a root signifying “to coun
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...
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...
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 ...
THE REASON... MADNESS. in order to know the reason (or cause) of folly's wickedness, and the madness of folly....
_I applied mine heart to know_ The present text and punctuation give, as in the marginal reading of the A. V., I AND MY HEART. The expression has no exact parallel in O. T. language, but harmonizes wi...
TO SEEK OUT WISDOM, AND THE REASON OF THINGS— _To seek out wisdom and reason, and that I might know the wickedness of ignorance, and the foolishness of that which is in the greatest esteem,_ See chap....
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...
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW ......
7:25 reason, (g-18) Or 'thought.' translated 'device' in ch. 9.10. madness; (h-30) Or 'the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness.'...
MADNESS] As in Ecclesiastes 2:12, wickedness and madness are closely connected. 26-28. The writer gives us the general result of his experience of human character. Among men he has found but one true...
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...
THE REASON OF THINGS. — The corresponding verb “to count” is common. This noun is almost peculiar to this book, where it occurs again in Ecclesiastes 7:27; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 9:10; save t...
סַבֹּ֨ותִֽי אֲנִ֤י וְ לִבִּי֙ לָ דַ֣עַת וְ
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...
_Much. Protestants, "the which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?" (Haydock)_...
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...
I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW, AND TO SEARCH, AND TO SEEK OUT WISDOM,.... Or, "I and my heart turned about" h; took a circuit, a tour throughout the whole compass of things; looked into every corner, a...
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness: Ver. 25. _I applied mine heart...
_I applied my heart to know_ I was not discouraged, but provoked, by the difficulty of the work, to undertake it. _To know, search, and seek out wisdom_ He useth three words signifying the same thing,...
I applied mine heart to know, literally, "I turned, I and my heart," AND TO SEARCH AND TO SEEK OUT WISDOM AND THE REASON OF THINGS, by examining, comparing, and judging the facts offered, AND TO KNOW...
A SPIRIT OF SORROW OVER SIN AND ITS ALLUREMENTS...
I APPLIED MINE HEART: _ Heb._ I and mine heart compassed...
"I DIRECTED MY MIND TO KNOW, TO INVESTIGATE, AND TO SEEK WISDOM AND AN EXPLANATION, AND TO KNOW THE EVIL OF FOLLY AND THE FOOLISHNESS OF MADNESS." This verse reveals the earnestness and eagerness at...
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 APPLIED MINE HEART; I was not discouraged, but provoked by the difficulty of the work to undertake it; which is an argument of a great and generous soul. TO KNOW, AND TO SEARCH, AND TO SEEK OUT; he...
Ecclesiastes 7:25 applied H5437 (H8804) heart H3820 know H3045 (H8800) search H8446 (H8800) out H1245 ...
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...
2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:12; Ecclesiastes 1:13;...