Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Ecclesiastes 10:12
Are gracious] there is beauty in his talk. Will swallow up himself] he often will have to eat his own words.
Are gracious] there is beauty in his talk. Will swallow up himself] he often will have to eat his own words.
Verse Ecclesiastes 10:12. _THE WORDS OF A WISE MAN'S MOUTH_] Every thing that proceeds from him is decent and orderly, creditable to himself, and acceptable to those who hear him. But the _lips of the...
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...
ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN PROVERBS. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
_The words of a wise man's mouth_ The mention of the babbling eloquence of "the master of tongue" in the previous verse is naturally followed by precepts fashioned after the type of those in Proverbs...
E. THOSE WHO WORK CONTRARY TO WISDOM ARE REPREHENSIBLE. Ecclesiastes 10:12-20 1. Talkers and workers Ecclesiastes 10:12-15 TEXT 10:12-15 12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while t...
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. GRACIOUS - literally, grace itself. So the Lord Jesus (). The disciple of Christ similarly by gracious...
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...
דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי ־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְ שִׂפְתֹ֥ות כְּס
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...
COMBINED WITH A STEADFAST FAITH IN THE LIFE TO COME. Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Ecclesiastes 12:7 But, soft; is not our man of men becoming a mere man of pleasure? No; for he recognises the claims of duty a...
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...
_Grace. Pleasing and instructive. (Calmet)_...
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. (9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereb...
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...
THE WORDS OF A WISE MAN'S MOUTH [ARE] GRACIOUS,.... Or "grace" u. He speaks kind and good things in favour of the characters of men, and not as the babbling detractor: he speaks well of civil magistra...
_The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself._ Ver. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious.] Heb., Are grace; they are nothing but grace,...
_The words of a wise man are gracious_ Hebrew, חן, grace: as they are profitable, so they are acceptable to others, procuring him favour with those that hear him. _But the lips of a fool will swallow...
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, full of pleasant graciousness and therefore always most welcome; BUT THE LIPS OF A FOOL WILL SWALLOW UP HIMSELF, he will injure himself by his foolish tal...
IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
GRACIOUS: _ Heb._ grace...
"WORDS FROM THE MOUTH OF. WISE MAN ARE GRACIOUS, WHILE THE LIPS OF. FOOL CONSUME HIM;"ARE GRACIOUS" -The wise man in this context would include. counselor to the king (Ecclesiastes 10:4). Unfortunatel...
11-15 There is a practice in the East, of charming serpents by music. The babbler's tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison; and contradiction only makes it the more violent. We must find the...
GRACIOUS, Heb. _grace_; as profitable, so also acceptable to others, procuring him favour with those who hear him. WILL SWALLOW UP HIMSELF; his discourses are ungracious and offensive to others, and t...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WISE WORDS (ECCLESIASTES 10:12). . 10.l2-13 ‘The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool swallow him up. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishn...
Ecclesiastes 10:10 I. In chap. xi. Koheleth urges upon us the necessity of diligence. He has come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to have a nicely calculated scheme of life, because at ev...
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...
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...
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,...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:8 The various disasters described in vv. Ecclesiastes 10:8 are all accidental, so the one WHO DIGS A PIT is
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 10:11. A BABBLER IS NO BETTER.] _Lit_., “The master of the tongue.” One who is of ready utterance, capable of producing great effects by the power of speech, yet lacking...
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...
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...
1 Kings 20:40; 2 Samuel 1:16; Colossians 4:6; Ephesians 4:29; Job 16:
Gracious — Procure him favour with those who hear him....