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3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_
2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8)
3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
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CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_
an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the
graded hierarchy of officials...
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_this is the gift of God_ The words indicate a return to the sense of
dependence on the Divine bounty, which we have seen in chs.
Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:13. Life itself, and the outward
goo...
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_ECCLESIASTES 5:19_. EVERY _MAN ALSO TO WHOM,_ &C.— _And indeed any
man, to whom God,_ &c. (_for this very thing is certainly a gift of
God_) Ecclesiastes 5:20 _will not much remember the days of his...
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c. Exhortation to enjoy the riches God permits Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
TEXT 5:18-20
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Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and
enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which h...
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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath
given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to
rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
EVERY MAN ALSO TO W...
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DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE
1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the
earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to
religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 5
BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7
V1 Be careful when you go to God...
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_[Ecclesiastes 5:18]_ גַּ֣ם כָּֽל ־הָ אָדָ֡ם
אֲשֶׁ֣ר...
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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THE CONCLUSION.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
For himself Coheleth has a very decided opinion on this point. He is
quite sure that his first conclusion is sound, though for a moment he
had questioned its soundne...
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The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In
this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there
is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
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_Delight, while he observes due moderation. His life passes away
sweetly. (Calmet)_...
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...
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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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EVERY MAN ALSO TO WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN RICHES AND WEALTH,.... Which
include the whole of a man's substance; all his estate, personal and
real; and all his goods and possessions, movable and immovable,...
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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath
given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to
rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God.
Ver. 19. _This is t...
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_Every man also_, &c. “And whosoever he be whom God hath blessed,
not only with plenty of worldly goods, but also with such a noble and
generous mind that he is not their slave, but truly master of th...
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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, as a blessing
bestowed by God's loving-kindness, AND HATH GIVEN HIM POWER TO EAT
THEREOF, AND TO TAKE HIS PORTION, in a lawful use of his wealt...
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ABSTAINING FROM VICES AND FOSTERING VIRTUES...
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"FURTHERMORE, AS FOR EVERY MAN TO WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN RICHES AND
WEALTH, HE HAS ALSO EMPOWERED HIM TO EAT FROM THEM AND TO RECEIVE HIS
REWARD AND REJOICE IN HIS LABOR; THIS IS THE GIFT OF GOD."WHOM GOD...
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18-20 Life is God's gift. We must not view our calling as a drudgery,
but take pleasure in the calling where God puts us. A cheerful spirit
is a great blessing; it makes employments easy, and afflict...
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HATH GIVEN HIM POWER, Heb. _hath given him the dominion_; who is the
lord and master of his estate, not a slave to it. Of this and the
former verse, SEE POOLE ON "ECCLESIASTES 2:24"; SEE POOLE ON
"ECC...
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Ecclesiastes 5:19 man H120 God H430 given H5414 (H8804) riches H6239
wealth H5233 power H7980 (H8689) eat...
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BETTER THAN SEEKING RICHES IS TO SEEK TO ENJOY WALKING WITH GOD
(ECCLESIASTES 5:18).
Once again he falls back on his idea of a godly man. Here is the one
who does find blessing from God. We should not...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It
teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had
no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
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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: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation
attending the possession of wealth.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
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Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._
Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not
hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The
Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 5:20. HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE] An
even joy is diffused through them—they pass smoothly and pleasantly
along. _Answereth him in the joy of his hea...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 5:1
Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure
happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_
Religious exercises need the observa...
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Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider
the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
When you go into the...
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1 Kings 3:13; Deuteronomy 8:18; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 2:24;...
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To take — To use what God hath given him....