“ Then I saw thatc wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. ”
Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13 . Both are brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which...
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
DISCOURSE: 830 THE EXCELLENCY OF WISDOM Ecclesiastes 2:13 . Then I saw, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness . THE more exact is our scrutiny into the things of this...
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly - Though in none of these pursuits I found the supreme good, the happiness my soul l...
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Wisdom excelleth folly ... as light excelleth darkness ... the fool walketh in darkness - ( Proverbs 17:24 .) The w...
Epicureanism and Wisdom alike Profitless 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit.
Wisdom surely has an advantage over folly, yet how full of “vanity” is that advantage. Let the wise man have done his best, soon death comes; the wise man is forgotten, and all he has gained by his l...
24-26, Vain Undertakings Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. T...
Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. (13) Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly,...
Then I sat that wisdom excelleth folly ,.... However, this upon a review of things he could not but own, that natural wisdom and knowledge, though there was no true happiness and satisfaction in the...
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Ver. 13. Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, ] i.e., Philosophy and human wisdom, though it cannot perfect the mi...
I saw that wisdom I allowed thus much. Although wisdom is not sufficient to make men happy, yet it is of far greater use than vain pleasures, or any other follies. The wise man's eyes are in his h...
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man...
Then I saw; or, yet I saw ; for this is added to prevent an Objection or mistake. Wisdom excelleth folly; although wisdom is not sufficient to make men truly and perfectly happy, yet it is of a...
A Return To Philosophy and Its Hopelessness ( Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 ). Ecclesiastes 2:12 ‘And I turned my mind to observing wisdom and madness and folly. For what can a man do who follows what a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 2:12 . What can the man do that cometh after the King?] What will my successor do? He will probably, like the rest of the world, follow the well-worn path of sin and...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 . Enjoy pleasure. The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18 . Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, of all forced and frantic joy, it is mad...
Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth. The threefold view of human life Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 2:1-21 Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a...
Solomon's own Example
Ecclesiastes 11:7 ; Ecclesiastes 7:11 ; Ecclesiastes 7:12 ; Ecclesiastes 9:16 ; Ephesians 5:8 ; Luke 11:34 ; Luke 11:35 ; Malachi 3:18 ; Malachi 4:1 ; Malachi 4:2 ; Matthew 6:23 ; Proverb...
Vanity and Vexation under the Sun Ecclesiastes 2:11-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his...
I saw — I allowed thus much. Although wisdom is not sufficient to make men happy, yet it is of a far greater use than vain pleasures, or any other follies.