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The “evil” of Ecclesiastes 10:5 is here specified as that caprice
of a king by which an unworthy favorite of low origin is promoted to
successive dignities, while a noble person is degraded or neglect...
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CHAPTER 10
This chapter contains a series of proverbs, expressing the wisdom and
prudence of the natural man. Here are a number of observations and all
show that there is a practical value in wisdom a...
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ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN
PROVERBS.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
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_I have seen servants upon horses_ The general fact of the previous
verse is reproduced with more dramatic vividness. To ride upon horses
was with the Parthians a special distinction of the nobly born...
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I HAVE SEEN SERVANTS UPON HORSES, &C.— From the fifth to this verse
we have the _third instance._ Princes, whose character depends upon
the behaviour of those whom they employ, as much as upon their o...
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2. Foolishness leads to humiliation. Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
TEXT 10:5-7
5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes
forth from the ruler
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folly is set in many exalted pla...
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants
upon the earth.
SERVANTS UPON HORSES - the world turned upside down. the worthless
exalted to dignity (; and vice SERVANTS UPON HOR...
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10:7 servants (d-4) servants (d-11) Or 'bondmen.'...
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PRACTICAL ADVICE TOUCHING LIFE'S PUZZLES
1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend
upon courts, but also in ordinary operations....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 10
THE WAY THAT A FOOLISH PERSON BEHAVES – ECCLESIASTES 10:1-3
V1 Dead flies can ge...
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Considering that the importation of horses was a new thing in the
reign of Solomon, we look on it as a mark of later age that a noble
should think himself dishonoured by having to go on foot while his...
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רָאִ֥יתִי עֲבָדִ֖ים עַל ־סוּסִ֑ים וְ
שָׂרִ֛ים...
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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 Li...
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How, then, does worldly wisdom work? The preacher shows that its first
manifestation is discretion based upon selfishness. This section is a
series of brief sayings which are of the nature of proverbs...
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
There is no doubt great inequality in common life: and not
unfrequently, men that are princes in understanding, may be...
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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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I HAVE SEEN SERVANTS UPON HORSES,.... Which being scarce in Judea,
were only rode upon by princes and great personages, or such as were
in affluent circumstances; and therefore it was an unusual and
d...
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
Ver. 7. _I have seen servants upon horses,_] _i.e., _ Servile souls,
base spirited abjects, slaves to their lusts, _h...
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_There is an evil_, &c. I have observed another great vanity and
misdemeanour among men; _as an error which proceedeth_, &c. Or rather,
as the Hebrew may be translated, _which is indeed an error proce...
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IN THE MIDST OF PRESUMPTION AND ARROGANCE...
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I have seen servants, men whose station in life was among the lowly,
UPON HORSES, like mighty lords, AND PRINCES, men qualified for the
highest positions, WALKING AS SERVANTS UPON THE EARTH, as a resu...
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"I HAVE SEEN SLAVES RIDING ON HORSES AND PRINCES WALKING LIKE SLAVES
ON THE LAND."I HAVE SEEN" -Solomon isn't rambling and neither is he
exaggerating. All of these he has seen with his own eyes, proba...
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4-10 Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty
manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit
thy post of duty; wait awhile, and thou wilt find that yieldin...
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SERVANTS; men of a servile condition and disposition, who are
altogether unfit for places of dignity. UPON HORSES; riding upon
horses, as a badge of their dignity, as ESTHER 6:8,9 JER 17:25 EZEKIEL
23...
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Ecclesiastes 10:7 seen H7200 (H8804) servants H5650 horses H5483
princes H8269 walk H1980 (H8802) ground H776
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BEHAVIOUR CONNECTED WITH SUPERIORS (ECCLESIASTES 10:4).
Ecclesiastes 10:4
‘If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, do not leave your
place, for deference will compensate for great offences.'...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-12
I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first
conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
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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: Proverbs recommending wisdom as of great use for the right
ordering of our lives.
CHARACTERS: Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Fools are apt, at every turn, to proclaim their folly, for
if one is lack...
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Ecclesiastes 10:1. _Dead flies cause the ointment,_ of exquisite
perfumes, _to send forth a stinking savour;_ a satirical proverb,
applicable to characters in all the public walks of life. A general,...
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_I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants
upon the earth._
A SOCIAL SCENE IN HUMAN LIFE
I. This social scene is common.
1. In the political realm. We see small-minded men o...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:6 The Preacher is aware that
the poor can possess wisdom and that the wealthy ruling classes can be
corrupt.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 10:5. AS AN ERROR WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE RULER.] Not a
mere error, as such, but one which is manifest by its
consequences—caprices of despotism like those described i...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 10:1
Section 11. _A little folly mars the effect of wisdom, _and is sure to
make itself conspicuous.
ECCLESIASTES 10:1
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to sen...
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Chapter 10:
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a
stinking odor: so does a little folly to him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honor (Ecclesiastes 10:1).
There are cert...
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Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 30:22...