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Verse 22. _THOU THYSELF - HAST CURSED OTHERS._] קללת _kalalta_,
thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil
speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighbo...
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CURSE ... CURSED - Rather, speak evil of ... spoken evil of....
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PART II. CHAPTER S 7-12
1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1)_
2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15)
3. The strength...
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PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life?
(Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do
by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisab...
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_For oftentimes also thine own heart_ The rule of the previous verse
is backed by an appeal to a man's own conscience, "_mutato nomine de
te fabula narratur_." "Thou too art not free from the habit of...
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CURSE THEE—CURSED OTHERS— _Speaking evil of thee—hast spoken
evil of others._ Symmachus in both these places renders the word by
λοιδορειν. Many good men's consciences will never accuse them
of having...
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c. Wisdom protects against false accusations and self-righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
TEXT 7:21-22
21
Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, lest you hear
your servant cursing...
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself
likewise hast cursed others.
THOU THYSELF LIKEWISE HAST CURSED OTHERS - (.) Conscience reminds the
believer of the sins of which his s...
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PRACTICAL APHORISMS
1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as
that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can,
however, guide ourselves in the conduct of l...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 7
The Teacher does not continue to ask questions. Instead, he uses many
special sent...
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THINE OWN HEART KNOWETH. — Ecclesiastes 8:5; 1 Kings 2:44; Proverbs
14:10....
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כִּ֛י גַּם ־פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבֹּ֖ות
יָדַ֣ע לִבֶּ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר
גַּם־_אַתָּ֖ה_† קִלַּ֥לְתָּ
אֲחֵרִֽים׃...
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THIRD SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean
Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1
IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the Chief Good i...
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The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward
all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least
likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of maxi...
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy
servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth
that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. (23) All this h...
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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 OFTENTIMES ALSO THINE OWN HEART KNOWETH,.... Or "thy conscience",
as the Vulgate Latin version, which is as a thousand witnesses; which,
if a man attends to, he will be convinced of his own faults...
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise
hast cursed others.
Ver. 22. _For oftentimes also thine own heart knows._] Conscience is
God's spy, and man's overseer; and thou...
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_Take no heed unto all words that are spoken_ Namely, concerning thee,
or against thee. Do not severely observe, or strictly search into
them, or listen to hear them, as many persons out of curiosity,...
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A SPIRIT OF SORROW OVER SIN AND ITS ALLUREMENTS...
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"FOR YOU ALSO HAVE REALIZED THAT YOU LIKEWISE HAVE MANY TIMES CURSED
OTHERS."
A good dose of humility will enable us to deal with the unkind things
that people say from time to time. This doesn't mea...
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11-22 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea better. It shelters
from the storms and scorching heat of trouble. Wealth will not
lengthen out the natural life; but true wisdom will give spiritual
li...
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HEART; mind or conscience, as that word is frequently used. HAST
CURSED OTHERS; either upon some great provocation and sudden passion,
or possibly upon a mere mistake, or false report; in which case t...
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 times H6471 H7227 heart H3820 known H3045 (H8804)
cursed H7043 (H8765) others H312
also - 1 Kings 2:44; Matthew 15:19, Matthew 18:32-35; John 8:7-9;...
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CHAPTER 7 IT IS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF DEATH, TO LISTEN TO REBUKE, TO
BEHAVE WISELY, EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS UNFAIR. BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF
WICKEDNESS.
The emphasis of the book from now on includes the th...
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Ecclesiastes 7 and ECCLESIASTES 8:1
I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but
most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities
He has given us and the op...
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CONTENTS: Prudence recommended as a means of avoiding much of the
vanity and vexation of the world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the
v...
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Ecclesiastes 7:1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._
Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of
bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48. Wisdom and virtue outlive t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 7:16. BE NOT RIGHTEOUS OVER MUCH; NEITHER MAKE THYSELF
OVERWISE] This is not intended to inculcate carelessness in moral
conduct, nor as a beatitude upon ignorance. The...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 7:1
Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED
EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY OF WARNINGS AND RULES OF LIFE.
ECCLESIASTES 7:1
Section 1. Though no man knows...
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Tonight we want to return again to the book of Ecclesiastes beginning
with chapter 7. And as we return to the book of Ecclesiastes, again,
it is important that we make note of the fact that the book o...
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1 Kings 2:44; James 3:9; John 8:7; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 18:32...