1 Peter 4:2-4; Amos 6:3-6; Ecclesiastes 7:2-6; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 22:13; Proverbs 14:13
Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happine...
of laughter . to laughter. It is mad. See note on "madness", Ecclesiastes 1:17 . of mirth . to mirth. What doeth it? . What doth she do?
DISCOURSE: 829 THE EMPTINESS OF WORLDLY MIRTH Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? WHO is it that ha...
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I said of laughter, It is mad - Literally "To laughter I said, O mad one! and to mirth,...
I said of laughter, it is mad— I said to laughter, how dost thou shine? and to pleasure, what does that avail? See the note on the 17th verse of...
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Laughter - flowing from sensual gratifications. (It is) (rather, Thou art). H...
Epicureanism and Wisdom alike Profitless 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philoso...
It is mad ] He knows all the time that no solid comfort will be the issue. Mirth is a brief madness: cp. Ecclesiastes 7:6 .
Proverbs 14:13 . Mad. — Psalms 102:9 .
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 sen...
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...
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...
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It...
‘THE LOUD LAUGH THAT SHOWS THE VACANT MIND’ ‘I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?’ Ecclesiastes 2:2 Solomon says of t...
I said of laughter, [it is] mad ,.... The risible faculty in man is given him for some usefulness; and when used in a moderate way, and kept within...
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Ver. 2. I said of mirth, It is mad, ] q.d., Thou mad fool, what dost thou? Yet is...
I said in my heart Being disappointed of my hopes from knowledge, I resolved to try another course. Go to now O my soul! I will try whether I can...
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will...
I said of laughter; of excessive mirth, which discovers itself by immoderate laughter, and other outward gestures. It is mad; this is an act and...
Chapter 2 The Search for Pleasure. Experimenting With Good Things ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 2:1 . I said in mine heart.] The pronoun is emphatic and denotes the importance of the person who is speaking. Ther...
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 exper...
Ecclesiastes 2:2 Solomon says of the mirthful man, of the man who makes others laugh, that he is a madman. We need not suppose that all laughter i...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 . Enjoy pleasure. The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18 . Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of la...
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....
I said of laughter, It is mad. The wit and the madman If you were asked who had sat for the portrait of a madman, you would be disposed to look...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 2:1-21 Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Dissatisfied with the resu...
Solomon's own Example
I said of laughter, of the joy and cheerfulness which he madly attempted to reach, It is mad, foolish, it affords no real satisfaction; and of mir...
It is mad — This is an act of madness, more fit for fools who know nothing, than for wise men in this sinful, and dangerous, and deplorable state o...
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?