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Verse 13. _THEN I SAW THAT WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY_] Though in none of
these pursuits I found the _supreme_ good, the happiness my soul
longed after; yet I could easily perceive that wisdom _excelled_...
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Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to
vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13. Both are
brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which come on...
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CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES
_ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_
2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12)
Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Qoheleth turns to the study of human nature in its wisdom and its
folly. Though all is vanity yet wisdom is better than folly; it is
better to face the outlook, dreary though it be, with intelligence,...
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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_I saw that wisdom excelleth folly_ Better, as keeping up, in the
English as in the Hebrew, the characteristic word of the book, THERE
IS PROFIT IN WISDOM MORE THAN IN FOLLY, and so in the second clau...
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_THE VANITY OF LIVING WISELY -- ECCLESIASTES 2:12-17:_ Solomon
reflected on what a common man could do to find true happiness when
he, with all his resources, had not been able to do so._ _ He could
o...
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DISCOURSE: 830
THE EXCELLENCY OF WISDOM
Ecclesiastes 2:13. _Then I saw, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as
light excelleth darkness_.
THE more exact is our scrutiny into the things of this world,...
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2. Conclusions Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
a. Value of this wisdom and pleasure stop at the grave. Ecclesiastes
2:12-17
TEXT 2:12-17
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So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly, for what will the...
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY ... AS LIGHT EXCELLETH DARKNESS ... THE FOOL
WALKETH IN DARKNESS - (.) The worldly "wise" man has...
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EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS
1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is
folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
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WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY] for, at any rate, in seeking it there is no
fear of self-reproach....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 2
THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...
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Wisdom surely has an advantage over folly, yet how full of
“vanity” is that advantage. Let the wise man have done his best,
soon death comes; the wise man is forgotten, and all he has gained by
his la...
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24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS
Ecclesiastes 2:1-17
At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a
splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and
sensuous nature. There w...
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Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the
king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of
wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what
can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been
already done. (13) Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, a...
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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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THEN I SAT THAT WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY,.... However, this upon a
review of things he could not but own, that natural wisdom and
knowledge, though there was no true happiness and satisfaction in
them,...
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
Ver. 13. _Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly,_] _i.e., _
Philosophy and human wisdom, though it cannot perfect the mind...
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_I saw that wisdom_ I allowed thus much. Although wisdom is not
sufficient to make men happy, yet it is of far greater use than vain
pleasures, or any other follies. _The wise man's eyes are in his he...
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly as far as light excelleth
darkness, he recognized the absolute worth of wisdom, he found that
the one excluded the other, that folly is vain, empty, and
unsubsta...
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Solomon's own Example...
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THAT WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY:
_ Heb._ that there is an excellency in Wisdom more then in folly, etc...
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"AND. SAW THAT WISDOM EXCELS FOLLY AS LIGHT EXCELS DARKNESS."
Yes, prudence, caution, common-sense, wise planning and so on has its
advantages (but for how long?)....
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12-17 Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to
ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a
man happy. The most learned of men, who dies a stranger to Ch...
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THEN I SAW; or, _yet I saw_; for this is added to prevent an Objection
or mistake. WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY; although wisdom is not sufficient
to make men truly and perfectly happy, yet it is of a far g...
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Ecclesiastes 2:13 saw H7200 (H8804) that H3426 wisdom H2451 excels
H3504 folly H5531 light H216 excels H3504
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A RETURN TO PHILOSOPHY AND ITS HOPELESSNESS (ECCLESIASTES 2:12).
Ecclesiastes 2:12
‘And I turned my mind to observing wisdom and madness and folly. For
what can a man do who follows what a king has...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2
I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to
wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience,
not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
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CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and
satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
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Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus,
whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18.
Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy,
_it is mad._ Chald...
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_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._
THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE
Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter.
I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:12. WHAT CAN THE MAN DO THAT COMETH AFTER THE KING?]
What will my successor do? He will probably, like the rest of the
world, follow the well-worn path of sin and foll...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth
embarks on a course of sensua...
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So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with
[pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this
was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
So we read in the New Testament the ep...
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Ecclesiastes 11:7; Ecclesiastes 7:11; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclesiastes
9:16;...
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VANITY AND VEXATION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 2:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on
Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his heart co...
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I saw — I allowed thus much. Although wisdom is not sufficient to
make men happy, yet it is of a far greater use than vain pleasures, or
any other follies....