grief. mortification.
sorrow. smarting.
We become more sensible of our ignorance and impotence, and therefore sorrowful, in proportion as we discover more of the constitution of nature an...
For in much wisdom [is] much (m) grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (m) Wisdom and knowledge cannot be come by without great...
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happine...
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. For in much wisdom is much grief - The more we know of oursel...
For in much wisdom, &c.— The sum of the matter, from the 16th verse, is this; First, the research of wisdom, nay, the very possession of that s...
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth...
All is Vanity 1-11. The writer describes himself. He declares that all things are transitory and without result, whether they be the works or the...
Much grief ] Sir Isaac Newton spoke of himself as a child picking up a few pebbles on the shore of the wide sea of knowledge. So the more the veil i...
Grief. — Irritation.
FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sens...
the Testimony of an Unsatisfied Soul Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 All is vanity ! This cry finds an echo in human hearts of every age and clime. Clod...
The first verse of this chapter introduces us to the author of the Book. Taken in conjunction with verse Ecclesiastes 1:12 , it leaves no room for d...
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. (13) And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under...
REFLECTIONS PAUSE, my soul, over this Chapter; and when thou hast gathered together, into one point of view, the several weighty truths contained in...
For in much wisdom [is] much grief ,.... In getting it, and losing it when it is gotten: or "indignation" t, at himself and others; being more sensi...
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ver. 18. For in much wisdom is much grief. ] And herein ch...
In much wisdom is much grief Or displeasure to a man within himself, and against his present condition; and he that increaseth knowledge, increase...
Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jer...
Grief, or indignation , or displeasure within himself, and against his present condition. Increaseth sorrow; which he doth many ways, partly, be...
The Intellectual Search ( Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ). Ecclesiastes 1:12-13 ‘I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem, and I applied my hear...
The Preacher Has Made His Enquiries and Comes Up With Nothing ( Ecclesiastes 1:12 - Ecclesiastes 2:26 ). The Preacher now brings out that he has...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 I. Solomon's first resource was philosophy. He studied man's position in this world. His appetite for knowledge was omnivorou...
Ecclesiastes 1:18 The declaration of the text may be considered as the expression of a soul that seeks satisfaction in mere earthly knowledge. I....
Ecclesiastes 1:2 . Vanity of vanities. This is the Hebrew form of the superlative degree of comparison; as, the heaven of heavens, the song of son...
And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. The heritage of knowledge I. How is the increase of knowledge also an increase of sorrow? T...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE TITLE . The words of the Preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem ; Septuagint, "King of Israel i...
The Unreliability of Earthly Wisdom
For in much wisdom is much grief, lack of knowledge or deliberate ignorance saving a person many a disagreeable meditation on the weakness and meanne...
1 Corinthians 3:18-20 ; Ecclesiastes 12:12 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 2:15 ; Ecclesiastes 7:16 ; James 3:13-17 ; Job 28:28
The Man under the Sun Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In order to introduce this study we can think of no better way than to go to our...
Grief — Or, displeasure within himself, and against his present condition. Sorrow — Which he does many ways, because he gets his knowledge with har...
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.