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Verse Ecclesiastes 9:6. _ALSO THEIR LOVE, AND THEIR HATRED_] It is
evident that he speaks here of the ignorance, want of power, c., of
the _dead_, in reference only to _this life_. And though they ha...
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See Ecclesiastes 8:12, note; Ecclesiastes 8:14, note. The living are
conscious that there is a future before them: but the dead are
unconscious; they earn nothing, receive nothing, even the memory of...
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The common fate (Ecclesiastes 9:1)_
2. Make the best of life (Ecclesiastes 9:7)
3. The great uncertainty (Ecclesiastes 9:11)...
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ECCLESIASTES 8:16 TO ECCLESIASTES 9:16. LIFE'S RIDDLE BAFFLES THE
WISEST QUEST. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16_ b_ describes the
ceaseless effort of the keen student of life, or perhaps the fate
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PERISHED. Like the knowledge and memory of Ecclesiastes 9:5....
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_Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished_
The three passions are named as strongest and most vehement in their
action. Even these are all hushed in the calm of the grave. Th...
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ALSO THEIR LOVE, &C.— We have from Ecclesiastes 9:4 to the present,
the _second_ reason. It is certain, that the dead are excluded from
any participation, not only of the pleasure of this world, but
l...
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4. Work regardless of the similar fate of the godly and the ungodly.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-10
TEXT 9:1-10
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For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous
men, wise men, and their d...
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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is
done under the sun.
THEIR LOVE ... HATRED ... ENVY, IS NOW PER...
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LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY
1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 9
EVERYONE MUST DIE AT SOME TIME – ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10...
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NOW. — Rather, _long ago.
_...
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גַּ֣ם אַהֲבָתָ֧ם גַּם ־שִׂנְאָתָ֛ם
גַּם ־קִנְאָתָ֖ם...
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FOURTH SECTION
The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor
In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards;
But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...
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THE CHIEF GOOD NOT TO BE FOUND IN WISDOM:
Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 9:1
1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his final course...
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In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity...
all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of
the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
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This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, 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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ALSO THEIR LOVE, AND THEIR HATRED, AND THEIR ENVY, IS NOW
PERISHED,.... Not that the separate spirits of the dead are without
their affections, or these unexercised; the spirits of just men made
perfe...
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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is
done under the sun.
Ver. 6. _Also their love and their hatred,...
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_For to him that is joined to all the living_ That continues with
living men; _there is hope_ He hath not only some comfort for the
present, but also hopes of further and greater happiness in this
wor...
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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, all the sentiments
which actuated them in life, IS NOW PERISHED, the activities connected
with these attributes have ceased; NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MO...
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CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
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"INDEED THEIR LOVE, THEIR HATE, AND THEIR ZEAL HAVE ALREADY PERISHED,
AND THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE. SHARE IN ALL THAT IS DONE UNDER THE
SUN."LOVE, HATE, ZEAL" -"They no longer share in the knowledge,...
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4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of
the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and
pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their conditi...
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They neither love, nor hate, nor envy any person or thing in this
world, but are now altogether unconcerned in all things done under the
sun. IN ANY THING THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN; in any worldly th...
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CHAPTER 9 THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL WHETHER THEY BE RIGHTEOUS,
WISE OR SONS OF MEN. AND IN THE END ALL DIE IN THE SAME WAY. SO LET
THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE LIFE AS THEY MAY AND ENJOY IT FOR GOD HAS ACCE...
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‘For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a
living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they
will die, but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any m...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-10
I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth
points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory
policy of life. "The work of God," or, as...
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CONTENTS: The universality of death and the need of minding the
business of life and using wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: While there is life there is opportunity of preparing for
dea...
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Ecclesiastes 9:5. _The dead know not any thing._ This is explained by
the next phrase, _the memory of them is forgotten._ Elijah went up to
heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13. Si...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:1 No matter how difficult or
humble a person’s circumstances may be, those circumstances are to
be preferred to dying, because A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD
LI...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 9:2. ONE EVENT.] An equal chance or happening—the
wisest and best having no special destiny (chap. Ecclesiastes 2:14,
and Ecclesiastes 3:19). Chance, in this use of the
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 9:1
One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the
feelings and interests of life in the upper world.
ECCLESIASTES 9:1
This continues the subject treated abo...
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For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that
the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God:
no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them...
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Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Exodus 1:8; Job 3:17; Job 3:18;...
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Also — They neither love, nor hate, nor envy any thing in this
world, but are unconcerned in what is done under the sun....