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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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THING. word.
UPON EARTH. Same idea as "under the sun". See note on Ecclesiastes
1:3....
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_Be not rash with thy mouth_ The rule follows the worshipper from the
threshold into the Temple-court and tells him how he is to act there.
We are reminded of our Lord's warning against "vain repetiti...
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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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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter
any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:
therefore let thy words be few.
BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH - a...
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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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FEW. — Sir. 7:14; Sir. 18:22....
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_[Ecclesiastes 5:1]_ אַל ־תְּבַהֵ֨ל עַל
־פִּ֜יךָ וְ...
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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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Be not (a) rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to
utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be (b) few.
(a) Either in vowing o...
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_Folly. Under anxiety a person is naturally disturbed with dreams, in
which some true ideas may present themselves; in like manner, as a
great talker will say some things respecting God, which may not...
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Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready
to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not
that they do evil. (2) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not...
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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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BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH, AND LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY TO UTTER
[ANY] THING BEFORE GOD,.... In private conversation care should be
taken that no rash and unadvised words be spoken in haste, as w...
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_Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter
[any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth:
therefore let thy words be few._
Ver. 2. _Be not rash with...
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_Be not rash with thy mouth_ Speak not without due consideration; _and
let not thy heart be hasty_ Do not give way to every sudden motion of
thy heart, nor suffer it to break out of thy lips till thou...
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Be not rash with thy mouth, quick to speak, especially in thoughtless
prayer, AND LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY TO UTTER ANYTHING BEFORE GOD,
since prayer demands an attitude of true devotion; FOR GOD...
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PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...
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THING:
Or, word...
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"DO NOT BE HASTY IN WORD OR IMPULSIVE IN THOUGHT TO BRING UP. MATTER
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. FOR GOD IS IN HEAVEN AND YOU ARE ON THE EARTH;
THEREFORE LET YOUR WORDS BE FEW."DO NOT BE HASTY IN WORD" -...
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1-3 Address thyself to the worship of God, and take time to compose
thyself for it. Keep thy thoughts from roving and wandering: keep thy
affections from running out toward wrong objects. We should a...
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BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH; speak not without good understanding and
due consideration. LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY; do not give way to
every sudden motion of thine heart, nor suffer it to break out...
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Ecclesiastes 5:2 rash H926 (H8762) mouth H6310 heart H3820 utter H3318
(H8687) anything H1697 hastily H4116 ...
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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 5:1. THY FOOT] The outward movement, as showing the
tendency of the heart. THE SACRIFICE OF FOOLS] Some unworthy
satisfaction of the religious idea—an offering whose purp...
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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 Samuel 14:24; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Genesis 18:27;...
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Rash — Speak not without due consideration. To utter — Either in
prayer, or vows. For God — Is a God of infinite majesty, holiness,
and knowledge. Thy words — Either in prayer or in vowing....