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CHAPTER X
_Observations on wisdom and folly_, 1-3.
_Concerning right conduct towards rulers_, 4.
_Merit depressed, and worthlessness exalted_, 5-7.
_Of him who digs a pit and removes a landmark_,...
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This verse is by its meaning so closely connected with Ecclesiastes
9:18 that the selection of it for the beginning of a new chapter seems
unfortunate.
APOTHECARY - Rather: a dealer in spices and per...
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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...
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DEAD FLIES. Hebrew flies of death: i.e. flies that bring or produce
death. Supply the Figure of speech _Ellipsis,_ "[as] dead".
CAUSE. [are that which will] cause, &c.
TO SEND FORTH. STINKING SAVOUR...
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_Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary_ The division of the
Chapter s obscures the connexion. The maxim now before us is but the
figurative expression of the fact stated, without a parable,...
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DEAD FLIES CAUSE, &C.— _The smell arising from the perfume of the
perfumer is infected by dead flies; so is the value of wisdom and
reputation by a little folly._ See Desvoeux, and Bishop Lowth's thir...
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D. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THOSE WHO LACK Wis. 10:1-11
1. The foolish worker is in trouble. Ecclesiastes 10:1-4
TEXT 10:1-4
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Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is
weightier...
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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a
stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honour.
DEAD FLIES - literally, flies of death.
T...
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10:1 honour. (d-22) Or '[so doth] a little folly [for] him who is
esteemed for wisdom and honour.'...
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DEAD FLIES, etc.] This v. really belongs to the end of Ecclesiastes 9.
As a few of the poisonous flies abounding in hot countries would
render valueless a whole jar of perfume, so a man by a slight
ad...
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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 get...
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זְב֣וּבֵי מָ֔וֶת יַבְאִ֥ישׁ
יַבִּ֖יעַ שֶׁ֣מֶן רֹוקֵ֑חַ יָקָ֛ר מֵ
חָכְמָ֥ה מִ כָּבֹ֖וד סִכְל֥וּת
מְעָֽט׃...
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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...
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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...
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Ointment. A fly cannot live in it. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xi. 19.)
--- Hence the smallest faults must be avoided, (Calmet) and
superfluous cares, (St. Gregory) as well as the conversation of the
w...
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CONTENTS
The Preacher is still prosecuting his sermon through this Chapter;
but folding up many important sayings within short sentences.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apo...
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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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DEAD FLIES CAUSE THE OINTMENT OF THE APOTHECARY TO SEND FORTH A
STINKING SAVOUR,.... Such, as Jarchi observes, are in the winter
season, which are weak and near to death, and get into precious
ointmen...
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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a
stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation
for wisdom [and] honour.
Ver. 1. _Dead flies cause the ointment, &c...
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_Dead flies_, &c. Solomon seems in these words to be prosecuting what
he had said in the last clause of the preceding chapter; showing how
much good one foolish action may destroy, what evil may resul...
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Dead flies, literally, "flies of death," that is, such as fall into a
mixture and, in decomposing, taint it with their rottenness, CAUSE THE
OINTMENT OF THE APOTHECARY TO MEND FORTH A STINKING SAVOR,...
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DEAD FLIES:
_ Heb._ Flies of death...
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"DEAD FLIES MAKE. PERFUMER'S OIL STINK, SO. LITTLE FOOLISHNESS IS
WEIGHTIER THAN WISDOM AND HONOR."
'Dead flies" -"puts into. vividly unpleasant form the principle on
which the previous chapter ended...
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1-3 Those especially who make a profession of religion, should keep
from all appearances of evil. A wise man has great advantage over a
fool, who is always at a loss when he has anything to do. Sin is...
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ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 10 Observations on wisdom and folly, ECCLESIASTES
10:1. Of rulers, ECCLESIASTES 10:4. Of wrong and injustice,
ECCLESIASTES 10:8. Of talkativeness, imprudence, and its mischiefs,
E...
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Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead H4194 flies H2070 perfumers H7543 (H8802)
ointment H8081 off H5042 (H8686) odor H887 (H8686) little H4592 folly
H5531 respected H3368 wisdom H2451 honor H3519
Dead flies - Heb....
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SAYINGS COMPARING THE WISE AND THE UNLEARNED AND THOUGHTLESS
(ECCLESIASTES 10:1).
Ecclesiastes 10:1
‘Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to smell and putrefy,
so does a little folly outwei...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-10
I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth
points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory
policy of life. "The work of God," or, a...
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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...
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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,...
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_Dead flies cause the ointment. .. to send forth a stinking savour._
DEAD FLIES
Among the Jews, oil rendered fragrant by being mixed with precious
drugs was used for many different purposes. With it...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 10:1. DEAD FLIES.] _Lit_., “Flies of death;” because,
as such, they corrupt the ointment. The apothecary.] A dealer in
spices. Thus it is not the common kind, but a cost...
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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 SE...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 19:2; Exodus 30:34; Exodus 30:35; Galatians 2:12; Matthew
5:13; Nehemiah 13:26; Nehemiah 6:13...