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Verse Ecclesiastes 7:3. _SORROW_ IS _BETTER THAN LAUGHTER_] The reason
is immediately given; for _by the sorrow of the countenance - the
grief_ of heart that shows itself in the countenance -
_THE H...
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SORROW - Rather, Seriousness.
THE HEART IS MADE BETTER - i. e., is made bright and joyful (compare 2
Corinthians 6:10). The mind which bears itself equally in human
concerns, whether they be pleasant...
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PART II. CHAPTER S 7-12
1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1)_
2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15)
3. The strength...
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PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life?
(Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do
by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisab...
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_Sorrow is better than laughter_ The thought is essentially the same
as that of the preceding verse, but is somewhat more generalized. We
are reminded of the Greek axiom, παθεῖν, μαθεῖν ("Pain
is gain...
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c. Sorrow is better than laughter. Ecclesiastes 7:3
TEXT 7:3
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Sorrow is better than laughter, for when a face is sad a heart may be
happy.
THOUGHT QUESTIONS 7:3
177.
In the contrast of the two...
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance
the heart is made better.
SORROW - such as arises from serious thoughts of eternity. The Hebrew
Kahas is translated anger in Ec...
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PRACTICAL APHORISMS
1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as
that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can,
however, guide ourselves in the conduct of l...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 7
The Teacher does not continue to ask questions. Instead, he uses many
special sent...
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SADNESS OF THE COUNTENANCE. — Genesis 40:7; Nehemiah 3:3.
“Anger” (margin). This is the usual meaning of the word, and so in
Ecclesiastes 7:9. It is accordingly adopted here by the older
translators,...
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טֹ֥וב כַּ֖עַס מִ שְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי ־בְ
רֹ֥עַ
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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 now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward
all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least
likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of maxi...
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_Come. While at birth-day feasts (Genesis xl. 20., and Matthew xiv.
6.) people give themselves up to joy, and cherish the idea of living
long. (Calmet)_...
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house
of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay
it to his heart. (3) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by th...
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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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SORROW [IS] BETTER THAN LAUGHTER,.... Sorrow, expressed in the house
of mourning, is better, more useful and commendable, than that foolish
laughter, and those airs of levity, expressed in the house o...
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Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
Ver. 3. _Sorrow is better than laughter._] Here, as likewise in the
two former verses, is a collation...
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_Sorrow is better than laughter_ Either sorrow for sin, or even sorrow
on other accounts; _for by the sadness of the countenance_ Sadness
seated in the heart, but manifested in the countenance; _the h...
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CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
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Sorrow, a proper, mournful regard of the vanity of this world, IS
BETTER THAN LAUGHTER, that is, worldly and boisterous merriment, which
deliberately ignores the serious side of life; FOR BY THE SADNE...
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SORROW:
Or, anger...
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"SORROW IS BETTER THAN LAUGHTER, FOR WHEN. FACE IS SAD. HEART MAY BE
HAPPY".
Note the expression "may be", we have the choice and power to let
sadness and tragedy transform our character (Romans 5:3-5...
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1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the
wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a
funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is...
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SORROW; either for sin, or any outward troubles. THE SADNESS OF THE
COUNTENANCE; which is seated in the heart, but manifested in the
countenance. MADE BETTER; more weaned from the lusts and vanities o...
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Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow H3708 better H2896 laughter H7814 sad H7455
countenance H6440 heart H3820 better H3190 (H
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CHAPTER 7 IT IS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF DEATH, TO LISTEN TO REBUKE, TO
BEHAVE WISELY, EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS UNFAIR. BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF
WICKEDNESS.
The emphasis of the book from now on includes the tho...
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AS WE LIVE LIFE IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER ITS BREVITY (ECCLESIASTES 7:1).
There now follow a number of wise sayings which are a reminder of the
solemnity of life.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
‘A reputation (‘name...
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Ecclesiastes 7 and ECCLESIASTES 8:1
I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but
most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities
He has given us and the opp...
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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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CONTENTS: Prudence recommended as a means of avoiding much of the
vanity and vexation of the world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the
v...
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Ecclesiastes 7:1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._
Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of
bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48. Wisdom and virtue outlive t...
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_Sorrow is better than laughter._
SORROW BETTER THAN LAUGHTER
Sorrow is set over against laughter; the house of mourning over
against the house of mirth; the rebuke of the wise over against the
musi...
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_It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house
of feasting._
ON THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE HOUSE OF MOURNING
It is evident that the wise man does not prefer sorrow, up...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 7:2. FOR THAT IS THE END OF ALL MEN] Not the house of
mourning itself, but the fact that every house must, in turn, become
such.
ECCLESIASTES 7:3. SORROW] Not that passi...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 7:1
Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED
EXPERIENCES IN THE
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Tonight we want to return again to the book of Ecclesiastes beginning
with chapter 7. And as we return to the book of Ecclesiastes, again,
it is important that we make note of the fact that the book o...
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2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 7:9; Daniel 10:19; Daniel 10:2;...