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The “evil” of Ecclesiastes 10:5 is here specified as that caprice
of a king by which an unworthy favorite of low origin is promoted to
successive dignities, while a noble person is degraded or neglect...
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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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HORSES. No evidence of. late origin of this book, for we read of them
in 1 Kings 4:26 1 Kings 4:28. 1 Kings 10:26; 1 Kings 10:28. 1Ki 22:4.
2 Kings 9:33; 2 Kings 14:20. If not in common use, it was be...
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_I have seen servants upon horses_ The general fact of the previous
verse is reproduced with more dramatic vividness. To ride upon horses
was with the Parthians a special distinction of the nobly born...
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I HAVE SEEN SERVANTS UPON HORSES, &C.— From the fifth to this verse
we have the _third instance._ Princes, whose character depends upon
the behaviour of those whom they employ, as much as upon their o...
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2. Foolishness leads to humiliation. Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
TEXT 10:5-7
5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes
forth from the ruler
6
folly is set in many exalted pla...
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants
upon the earth.
SERVANTS UPON HORSES - the world turned upside down. the worthless
exalted to dignity (; and vice SERVANTS UPON HO...
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10:7 servants (d-4) servants (d-11) Or 'bondmen.'...
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PRACTICAL ADVICE TOUCHING LIFE'S PUZZLES
1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend
upon courts, but also in ordinary operations....
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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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Considering that the importation of horses was a new thing in the
reign of Solomon, we look on it as a mark of later age that a noble
should think himself dishonoured by having to go on foot while his...
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רָאִ֥יתִי עֲבָדִ֖ים עַל ־סוּסִ֑ים וְ
שָׂרִ֛ים הֹלְכִ֥ים כַּ עֲבָדִ֖ים עַל
־הָ אָֽרֶץ׃...
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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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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
There is no doubt great inequality in common life: and not
unfrequently, men that are princes in understanding, may be...
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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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I HAVE SEEN SERVANTS UPON HORSES,.... Which being scarce in Judea,
were only rode upon by princes and great personages, or such as were
in affluent circumstances; and therefore it was an unusual and
d...
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
Ver. 7. _I have seen servants upon horses,_] _i.e., _ Servile souls,
base spirited abjects, slaves to their lusts, _h...
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_There is an evil_, &c. I have observed another great vanity and
misdemeanour among men; _as an error which proceedeth_, &c. Or rather,
as the Hebrew may be translated, _which is indeed an error proce...
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IN THE MIDST OF PRESUMPTION AND ARROGANCE...
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"I HAVE SEEN SLAVES RIDING ON HORSES AND PRINCES WALKING LIKE SLAVES
ON THE LAND."I HAVE SEEN" -Solomon isn't rambling and neither is he
exaggerating. All of these he has seen with his own eyes, proba...
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4-10 Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty
manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit
thy post of duty; wait awhile, and thou wilt find that yielding...
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SERVANTS; men of a servile condition and disposition, who are
altogether unfit for places of dignity. UPON HORSES; riding upon
horses, as a badge of their dignity, as ESTHER 6:8,9 JER 17:25 EZEKIEL
23...
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Ecclesiastes 10:7 seen H7200 (H8804) servants H5650 horses H5483
princes H8269 walk H1980 (H8802) ground H776 servants H5650
Proverbs 19:10, Proverbs 30:22...
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BEHAVIOUR CONNECTED WITH SUPERIORS (ECCLESIASTES 10:4).
Ecclesiastes 10:4
‘If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, do not leave your
place, for deference will compensate for great offences.'...
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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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_I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants
upon the earth._
A SOCIAL SCENE IN HUMAN LIFE
I. This social scene is common.
1. In the political realm. We see small-minded men o...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:6 The Preacher is aware that
the poor can possess wisdom and that the wealthy ruling classes can be
corrupt.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 10:5. AS AN ERROR WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE RULER.] Not a
mere error, as such, but one which is manifest by its
consequences—caprices of despotism like those described i...
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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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Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 30:22...