1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Kings 11:1-8; 1 Kings 3:11; 1 Kings 3:12; Genesis 3:5; Romans 1:22
I will be - Or, I am. There was a time when Solomon thought himself wise enough to comprehend the work of God, and therefore needed for himself t...
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...
In Dispraise of Women. All the foregoing maxims have been tested, yet Qoheleth has not attained wisdom ( Ecclesiastes 7:23 ); the true inwardness o...
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. All this have I proved by wisdom - These rules I have laid down f...
All this have I proved by wisdom— All this have I knowingly examined: I said, I will be wise; but wisdom went far from me: Ecclesiastes 7:24 ....
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. All this have I proved - resuming the "all" in Ecclesiaste...
Practical Aphorisms 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future....
The confession of failure to attain speculative knowledge gives energy to the preacher’s next following enunciation of the practical lesson which he...
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...
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...
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou t...
All this have I proved by wisdom ,.... Referring either to all that he had been discoursing of hitherto in this book, concerning the vanity of natur...
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me. Ver. 23. I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. ] Sol...
All this have I proved All these things, of which I have here discoursed, I have diligently examined and found to be true; by wisdom By the help...
The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will...
All this, or all these things , of which I have here discoursed, have I proved, I have diligently examined and found all this to be true, by wis...
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....
His Search For Understanding Resulting from His Wisdom Has Made Him Aware Of Man's Sinfulness And Folly ( Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 ). Ecclesiastes 7:...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:27 . Counting one by one, to find out the account] Collecting the results of many observations—thus forming an op...
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...
Ecclesiastes 7:19-8 Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a...
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...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8 .—Division II . DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE - MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY...
A Spirit of Sorrow Over Sin and its Allurements
All this, the rules of life and the practical counsels here offered, have I proved by wisdom, his experience being dearly bought; I said, I will b...
Proved — I have found to be true, by the help of that singular wisdom which God had given me. I said — I determined that I would attain perfection...
23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.