Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The figures seem to be taken from the work of building up and pulling down houses. In their general application, they recommend the man who would a...

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Ecclesiastes 10:15 . Experience Crystallised in Proverbs. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Ecclesiastes 10:3 forms a series of pr...

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. Whoso removeth stones - This verse teaches ca...

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. Whoso removeth stones - namely, of an a...

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Practical Advice Touching Life's Puzzles 1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend upon courts, but also in ordinary op...

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Removeth. — The nearest parallel is 1 Kings 5:17 , where the word is used with regard to the quarryings, not the removing of stones. For the latte...

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Combined with a steadfast Faith in the Life to come. Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Ecclesiastes 12:7 But, soft; is not our man of men becoming a mere m...

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

How, then, does worldly wisdom work? The preacher shows that its first manifestation is discretion based upon selfishness. This section is a series o...

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. (9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; a...

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith ,.... That carries them from the quarry, where they are dug; or takes them from a heap, where they lie...

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. Ver. 9. Whoso removeth stones shall be hur...

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that diggeth a pit , &c. The meaning of these verses, which may be considered as common proverbs, is, that those who are seeking and striving...

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects.       4 If the spirit of the ruler r...

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whoso removeth stones; either, 1. The stones which belong to others, and limit or distinguish their grounds, of which see Deuteronomy 27:17 ....

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Importance Of Acting Thoughtfully And With Great Care With Regard To The Affairs Of Life ( Ecclesiastes 10:8-11 ). Ecclesiastes 10:8 ‘He wh...

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 co...

Sermon Bible Commentary

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...

Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1)...

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 10:1 . Dead flies cause the ointment, of exquisite perfumes, to send forth a stinking savour; a satirical proverb, applicable to ch...

The Biblical Illustrator

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. Raising stones and cleaving wood The prec...

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 10:1-21 Section 11. A little folly mars the effect of wisdom, and is sure to make itself conspicuous. Ecclesia...

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Midst of Presumption and Arrogance

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whoso removeth stones, either in tearing down an old building or in working in a stony field, in a dangerous occupation, shall be hurt therewith, h...

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whoso removeth — Stones too heavy for them: who rashly attempts things too high and hard for them.