Eclesiastés 7:1-20 NTV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:11-22

The Importance of Practical Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 7:11-22 ). Wisdom As A Defence (Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 ). Having wisdom is a good foundation for life, for it provides a form of defence in times of trouble, and may even result in preserving a man’s life. Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 ‘Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yes, more excellent is it for those who see the sun. For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence. But the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

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 7:13-14 ). Ecclesiastes 7:13 ‘Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight which he has made crooked?’ In Ecclesiastes 3:13 the work of God was that which has been done from the beginning even to the end, which man cannot fathom. Compare Ecclesiastes 8:17 where we were assured that no man can find out the work of God, whether wise or... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:15-18

The Preacher Now Gives Further Wisdom Teaching About Life (Ecclesiastes 7:15-18 ). Ecclesiastes 7:15-17 ‘All this have I seen in my meaningless and transient life (‘the days of my vanity’). There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his evil doing. Do not be righteous overmuch, nor make yourself over wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Do not be wicked overmuch, nor be foolish. Why should you die before your time? It is good... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:19-22

The Importance Of Wisdom In All Things (Ecclesiastes 7:19-22 ). Ecclesiastes 7:19 ‘Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.’ Ten is regularly used to mean ‘a number of’. It does not have a particular type of governance in mind, simply a collective leadership which is looked up to by the people. Thus the thought here may be that to a wise man his wisdom is better than the advice of a number of city rulers (who were supposed to represent joint wisdom), who... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Ecclesiastes 7:1-Song of Solomon : . 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 way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisable for him to cultivate seriousness rather than levity ( Ecclesiastes 7:1-Judges :). The curious remark that “ a (good) name is better than precious ointment” ( cf. Ca. Ecclesiastes 1:3 *) is in the Heb. a play on the words shem and shemen; ointment is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name; a good and well-grounded report from wise and worthy persons. Heb. a name, which is put for a good name by a synecdoche, that only being worthy to be called a name, because evil and worthless men quickly lose their name and memory. Thus a wife is put for a good wife, Proverbs 18:22, and a day for a good day, Luke 19:42,Luke 19:44. Precious ointment; which was very fragrant, and acceptable, and useful, and of great price, especially in those countries. See Deuteronomy 33:24; Psalms... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:2

The house of mourning; where mourners meet together to celebrate the funerals of a deceased friend. That, to wit, death, the cause of that mourning, is the end of all men; it brings men to the serious consideration of their last end, which is their greatest wisdom and interest. Will lay it to his heart; will be seriously affected with it, and awakened to prepare for it; whereas feasting is commonly attended with mirth, and levity, and manifold temptations, and indisposeth men’s minds to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow; either for sin, or any outward troubles. The sadness of the countenance; which is seated in the heart, but manifested in the countenance. Made better; more weaned from the lusts and vanities of this world, by which most men are ensnared and destroyed, and more quickened to seek after and embrace that true and everlasting happiness which God offers to them in his word. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of morning, even when their bodies are absent. They are constantly, or very frequently, meditating upon sad and serious firings, such as death and judgment, the vanity of this life, and the reality and eternity of the next, because they know that these thoughts, though they be not grateful to the sensual part, yet they are absolutely necessary, and highly profitable, and most comfortable in the end, which every wise man most regards. The heart of fools is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:5

The rebuke of the wise, though it causeth some grief, yet frequently brings great benefit, even reformation and salvation, both from temporal and from eternal destruction, both which are the portion of impenitent sinners. The song; the flatteries, or other merry discourses, which are as pleasant to corrupt nature, as songs or music. read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:11-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:15-18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:19-22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:5

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