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Verse Ecclesiastes 5:7. _IN - DREAMS_ - ARE - DIVERS _VANITIES; BUT
FEAR THOU GOD._] If, by the disturbed state of thy mind during the
day, or by Satanic influence, thou dream of evil, do not give wa...
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FOR ... VANITIES - Or, For so it happens through many dreams and
vanities and many words....
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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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REALITY IN RELIGION. This section deals with worship and vows. Those
who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear)
must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls th...
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DIVERS VANITIES. Plural of emphasis. great vanity: i.e. in many dreams
and many words, also [there is] great vanity: referring to
Ecclesiastes 5:3 above....
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_For in the multitude of dreams_ The order of the words in the A. V.
is not that of the Hebrew, which gives _For in the multitude of dreams
and vanities and many words_, but is adopted by many comment...
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FOR IN THE MULTITUDE OF DREAMS, &C.— From the 2nd to this verse we
have Solomon's second admonition to this purpose. Let no one rashly
call by oaths upon Him who dwells in heaven, to be a witness of w...
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D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9
1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a
TEXT 5:1a
Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God,
THO
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For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers
vanities: but fear thou God.
FOR IN THE MULTITUDE OF DREAMS ... (THERE ARE) ... VANITIES, ... -
(Note, .) God's service, which ou...
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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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This verse presents some difficulties of translation springing from
corruption of text, but not affecting the general sense; according to
which the many words which belong to the dreams and vanities o...
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_[Ecclesiastes 5:6]_ כִּ֣י בְ רֹ֤ב חֲלֹמֹות֙ וַ...
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SO ALSO A HAPPIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WORSHIP IS OPEN TO MEN;
Ecclesiastes 5:1
The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the
intrigues of the Divan into the House of Go...
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PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE.
(b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of
great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the
Bo...
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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 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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_These. God will bring the wicked to judgment, (Calmet) and shew for
what design he left them in power. (Haydock)_...
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For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's
voice is known by multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay...
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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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FOR IN THE MULTITUDE OF DREAMS, AND MANY WORDS, [THERE ARE] ALSO
[DIVERS] VANITIES,.... Or as, "in a multitude of dreams, [there are]
many vanities, [so] also in a multitude of words" s; as dreams are...
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For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also
[divers] vanities: but fear thou God.
Ver. 7. _For in the multitude af dreams, and in many words,_] _i.e.,
_ As in the multitude of drea...
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_For in the multitude_, &c. There is a great deal of folly, as _in a
multitude of dreams_, which for the most part are vain and
insignificant, so also in many words, especially in making many vows,
wh...
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For in the multitude of dreams, foolish fancies concerning God's
requirements of men in worship, AND MANY WORDS, hasty and
ill-considered, THERE ARE ALSO DIVERS VANITIES, they are unreliable
and do no...
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PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...
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"FOR IN MANY DREAMS AND IN MANY WORDS THERE IS EMPTINESS. RATHER, FEAR
GOD."
It appears that this verse is similar in thought to Ecclesiastes 5:3.
Excessive talk, like daydreams or all dreams are noth...
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4-8 When a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to
cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest,
and pretending that his vow was made rashly, and that it woul...
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There is a great deal of vanity and folly, as in MULTITUDE OF DREAMS,
which for the most part are vain and insignificant, so also _in many
words_, i.e. in making many vows, whereby a man is exposed to...
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Ecclesiastes 5:7 multitude H7230 dreams H2472 many H7235 (H8687) words
H1697 vanity H1892 fear H3372 (H8798)
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CHAPTER 5 TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP. THE PROBLEM OF RICHES. THE GOOD
LIFE.
The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher's
musin...
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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 4:1
I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is
essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had
formerly thought) it would so soon be ove...
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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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_Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._
REVERENCE AND FIDELITY
This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and
insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Fear God, the Holy and
Righteous One. In this section, the encouragement to “fear God” is
motivated by his holy and righteous character (compare note on...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 5:6. BEFORE THE ANGEL] The representative of God in the
Temple, _i.e_., the priest. Or it may be taken literally, as
expressing the early belief of mankind that angels ar...
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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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Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 7:18; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes
5:3;...
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For — There is a great deal of folly, as in multitude of dreams,
which for the most part are vain and insignificant, so also in many
words, in making many vows whereby a man is exposed to many snares...