Ecclesiastes 7:14

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Good and prosperous days are in God’s design special times of comfort and rejoicing: the days of affliction and trouble, are in God’s design the pr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity (i) consider: God also hath appointed the one as well as the other, to the end that m...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 wa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man shoul...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the day of prosperity be joyful— In the day of prosperity enjoy it; but in the day of adversity, consider also that God hath made it in opposit...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Consider ] Ask yourself what you may learn from it. Over against] RV 'side by side with.' Both run through the course of human life. To the end,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 , and Ecclesiastes 8:1-1...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 sa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. (12) For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the day of prosperity be joyful ,.... Or, "in a good day" q. When things go well in the commonwealth, in a man's family, and with himself, health...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man shoul...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the day of prosperity be joyful Enjoy God's favours with thankfulness. In the day of adversity consider Namely, God's work, that it is his han...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: an...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be joyful; enjoy God's favours with cheerfulness and thankfulness. Consider, to wit, God's work, which is easily understood out of the foregoing...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Importance of Practical Wisdom ( Ecclesiastes 7:11-22 ). Wisdom As A Defence ( Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 ). Having wisdom is a good foundation for...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

But Wisdom Includes A Recognition That We Cannot Interfere With God's Doings. Thus We Must Accept From God What He Is Pleased To Give ( Ecclesiastes...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superint...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7 and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but most laudable, since God means us t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:14 The wise Preacher is speaking here of the right use of the changeful phenomena and conditions of man's life on earth. God sets p...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight which He hath made crooked? The power of God, and the duty of man I. What we are to un...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the day of prosperity be joyful, enjoying God's blessings with due thankfulness, but in the day of adversity consider, regard most carefully, le...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Be joyful — Enjoy God's favours with thankfulness. Consider — Consider that it is God's hand, and therefore submit to it: consider also why God sen...

¹⁴ In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath setf the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 7:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:14