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Verse Ecclesiastes 6:8. _FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL?_]
They must both labour for the same end. Both depend upon the labour of
themselves or others for the necessaries of life. Both mus...
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Connect these verses with Ecclesiastes 6:2 : “All labor is
undertaken with a view to some profit, but as a rule the people who
labor are never satisfied. What advantage then has he who labors if
(bein...
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CHAPTER 6 DISHEARTENING CONTRADICTIONS
_ 1. Riches--Inability to enjoy them (Ecclesiastes 6:1)_
2. Having All--Yet no fill of the soul (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
3. The sad ending wail (Eccle
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ECCLESIASTES 6. FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND FATE. Parallel with
the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is
that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires ar...
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WHAT. what [advantage].
THE WISE. a wise one, or sage.
THE FOOL. a fool. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
THE POOR. a wretched one. Heb _'anah._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs
6:11....
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_For what hath wise more than the fool?_ The question so far is easy.
In this matter, the gifts of intellect make no difference. The wise,
no less than the fool, is subject to the pressure of bodily
n...
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WHAT HATH THE POOR, &C.— _What remaineth also to the very beggar,
who knoweth how to walk before the living?_ The desire of the wise man
who labours, is undoubtedly to make himself more comfortable th...
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3. Reasons why riches cannot satisfy Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
TEXT 6:7-9
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All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet his appetite is not
satisfied.
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For what advantage does the wise man have over the...
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that
knoweth to walk before the living?
FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL? The "for" means (in
contrast to the insatiability o...
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6:8 poor, (g-13) Or 'afflicted.'...
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LIFE AN ENIGMA
1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
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THAT KNOWETH TO WALK BEFORE THE LIVING?] In other words, that has the
skill so to conduct himself as to earn respect in the eyes of his
fellows....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 6
A PERSON’S LIFE THAT IS NOT SATISFACTORY – ECCLESIASTES 6:1-6...
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THAT KNOWETH TO WALK. — _Understands how to conduct himself._ But
why this should be limited to the poor is not obvious....
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כִּ֛י מַה ־יֹּותֵ֥ר לֶ † חָכָ֖ם מִֽן...
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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 knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty.
Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than
with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration of...
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_Life. The wise poor shall be blessed. Hebrew, "the poor knowing how
to walk before the living," (Haydock) in society (Calmet) among the
saints. (Haydock)_...
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All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the
poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is the...
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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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FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL,.... More delight and
pleasure, in gratifying his senses, by eating and drinking: the wise
man enjoys no more than the fool; the fool finds as much pleasure i...
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that
knoweth to walk before the living?
Ver. 8. _For what hath the wise more than the fool?_] Nothing at all
in this vanity of human nat...
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_All the labour of man is for his mouth_ For meat and other necessary
provisions of this life; _and yet the appetite is not filled_ Although
all that a man can obtain by his labours is but a provision...
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? He who strives after real
knowledge seems to have no advantage, according to outward
appearances, over one who lives only for the satisfaction of his
sensual...
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OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
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"FOR WHAT ADVANTAGE DOES THE WISE MAN HAVE OVER THE FOOL? WHAT
ADVANTAGE DOES THE POOR MAN HAVE, KNOWING HOW TO WALK BEFORE THE
LIVING?"DOES THE WISE MAN HAVE OVER THE FOOL?" -"When we object that
men...
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7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal
can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of
the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as...
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THE FOOL, to wit, in these matters. Both are equally subject to the
same calamities, and partakers of the same comforts of this life.
BEFORE THE LIVING, to wit, before the poor, that doth not know thi...
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EVEN THE WISE DO NOT IN THE LAST ANALYSIS HAVE ANY ADVANTAGE OVER THE
UNTHINKING. SO WE SHOULD HOLD ON TO WHAT GOD GIVES US RATHER THAN
DREAMING OF MORE (ECCLESIASTES 6:8).
Ecclesiastes 6:8
‘For what...
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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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Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1
I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same.
Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on
asphodel. The profit of the ea...
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CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly wealth as pertaining only to the body.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Man deprives himself of the good he might have had of his
worldly possessions by not cons...
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Ecclesiastes 6:2. _But a stranger eateth it._ The richer families in
Israel had often foreign servants, who rose to influence in their
master's house. But greater was the affliction from invading armi...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 6:1
Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at
the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of
wealth are alike the free gif...
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Now there is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it's common
among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so
that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires
(E...
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1 Timothy 6:17; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 5:11; Genesis 17:1;...
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More — In these matters. Both are subject to the same calamities,
and partakers of the same comforts of this life. The poor — More
than the poor that doth not know this. He means such a poor man as is...