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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:10. _I WITHHELD NOT MY HEART FROM ANY JOY_] He
had every means of gratification; he could desire nothing that was not
within his reach; and whatever he wished, he took care to pos...
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PORTION - A word of frequent occurrence. By it Solomon describes the
pleasure found in the act of working and also perhaps the pleasure
felt in the process of acquiring wisdom; this pleasure is admitt...
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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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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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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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LABOUR. toil.
WAS. came to be.
PORTION. share, as in Ecclesiastes 3:22....
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_whatsoever mine eyes desired_ From such a life the idea of
self-denial, even of self-control, was absolutely excluded. Money and
power were but means to the end, and the end proposed was the
gratific...
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_THE VANITY OF SELF-INDULGENCE -- ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11:_ All through
the book of Ecclesiastes we observe Solomon as he thought and reasoned
within himself. He had looked upon and tried all the good, pl...
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AND THIS WAS MY PORTION OF ALL MY LABOUR— _But this was my portion
from all my labour._ The word חלק _cheilek,_ rendered _portion,_
constantly implies something which is an advantage, or is considered...
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c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure.
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
TEXT 2:1-11
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I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy
yourself. And behold, it too was fut...
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I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine
heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under...
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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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MY PORTION OF ALL MY LABOUR] At least he had the zest of joys obtained
through toil or ingenuity....
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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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(9-11) Kohéleth carried out his plan of tempering his enjoyment with
discretion, but while he took his fill of the pleasure that fell to
his lot, he found in it no abiding profit. He goes on in the fo...
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וְ כֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָֽׁאֲל֣וּ עֵינַ֔י
לֹ֥א אָצַ֖
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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 whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my
heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this
was my (g) portion of all my labour.
(g) This was the fruit o...
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_Labour. Hebrew, "and this was my portion of all my labour." I
perceived that I could not thus obtain content. (Calmet) --- "Thou (O
God) hast made us for thyself, and our hearts are restless till the...
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said
of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
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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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AND WHATSOEVER MINE EYES DESIRED I KEPT NOT FROM THEM,.... Though this
sense is only mentioned, all are designed; he denied himself of
nothing that was agreeable to him, that was pleasing to the eye,...
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_And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not
my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and
this was my portion of all my labour._
Ver. 10. _And whatsoev...
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_So I was great_ In riches, and power, and glory. _My wisdom remained_
As yet I was not wholly seduced from God. _And whatsoever mine eyes
desired_ Whatsoever was grateful to my senses, or my heart de...
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Solomon's own Example...
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And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not
my heart from any joy, he tried them all out to see whether he could
obtain true profit from any of them; FOR MY HEART REJOICED IN...
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"AND ALL THAT MY EYES DESIRED. DID NOT REFUSE THEM.. DID NOT WITHHOLD
MY HEART FROM ANY PLEASURE, FOR MY HEART WAS PLEASED BECAUSE OF ALL MY
LABOR AND THIS WAS MY REWARD FOR ALL MY LABOR."ALL THAT MY...
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1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does
noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices
of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their...
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WHATSOEVER MINE EYES DESIRED; whatsoever was grateful to my senses, or
my heart desired. He ascribes desire to the eyes, because the sight of
the eyes is the usual and powerful incentive of desires; o...
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CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PLEASURE.
Experimenting With Good Things (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
Ecclesiastes 2:1
‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment.
Therefore enjoy pleasure (or ‘g...
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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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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:10 The Preacher finally realizes
that his work resulted in no permanent gain UNDER THE SUN.
Nevertheless, he did receive a REWARD in return for his work: the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:3. I SOUGHT IN MINE HEART.] The word has the meaning
not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral
experiment.
ECCLESIASTES 2:8. THE PECULIAR TR...
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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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1 John 2:16; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 6:9;...
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And — Whatsoever was grateful to my senses. Rejoiced — I had the
comfort of all my labours, and was not hindered from the full
enjoyment of them by sickness or war, or any other calamity. My
portion —...