Ecclesiastes 7 - Introduction

Ecclesiastes 7 and Ecclesiastes 10 show a striking resemblance to the style of the writer of the Book of Proverbs. Hereto the principal object has been to state the vanity of the conditions of human life: henceforth, the principal object will be to direct man how to conduct himself under those conditions.

The general drift of the writer’s counsels throughout the last six chapters, and particularly in Ecclesiastes 7:1, points to wisdom united with the fear of God as the “good for man in this life.” It is illustrated by frequent reference to, and contrast with, that evil which consists of folly allied with wickedness.