Chapter 7

1
name Prov 15:30, Prov 22:1; Isa 56:5; Luke 10:20; Heb 11:2, Heb 11:39

precious Eccl 10:1; Ps 133:2; Prov 27:9; Song 1:3, Song 4:10; John 13:2

the day Eccl 4:2; Job 3:17; Isa 57:1-2; 2Cor 5:1, 2Cor 5:8; Phil 1:21-23; Rev 14:13


2
better Gen 48:1-22, Gen 49:2-33, Gen 50:15-17; Job 1:4-5; Isa 5:11-12, Isa 22:12-14; Amos 6:3-6; Matt 5:4, Matt 14:6-12; 1Pet 4:3-4

that Num 23:10; Deut 32:29; Rom 6:21-22; Phil 3:19; Heb 9:27

living Deut 32:46; Isa 47:7; Hag 1:5 *marg. Mal 2:2


3
Sorrow or, Anger

is better Ps 119:67, Ps 119:71, Ps 126:5-6; Jer 31:8-9, Jer 31:15-20, Jer 50:4-5; Dan 9:3-19; Dan 10:2-3, Dan 10:19; Zech 12:10-14; Luke 6:21, Luke 6:25; John 16:20-22; 2Cor 7:9-11; Jas 4:8-10

by Rom 5:3-4; 2Cor 4:17; Heb 12:10-11; Jas 1:2-4


4
heart Neh 2:2-5; Isa 53:3-4; Matt 8:14-16; Mark 5:38-43; Luke 7:12-13; John 11:31-35

the heart 1Sam 25:36, 1Sam 30:16; 2Sam 13:28; 1Kgs 20:16; Isa 21:4; Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Dan 5:1-4, Dan 5:30; Hos 7:5; Nah 1:10; Mark 6:21-29


5
better Ps 141:5; Prov 9:8, Prov 13:13, Prov 15:31-32, Prov 17:10, Prov 27:6; Rev 3:19

the song Ps 69:12


6
as Eccl 2:2; Ps 58:9, Ps 118:12; Isa 65:13-15; Amos 8:10; Luke 6:25, Luke 16:25; 2Pet 2:13-17; Jude 1:12-13

crackling Heb. sound

the laughter Prov 29:9


7
oppression Deut 28:33-34, Deut 28:65

a gift Exod 23:8; Deut 16:19; 1Sam 8:3, 1Sam 12:3; Prov 17:23; Isa 1:23, Isa 33:15


8
Better Ps 126:5-6; Isa 10:24-25, Isa 10:28-34; Luke 16:25; Jas 5:11; 1Pet 1:13

the patient Prov 13:10, Prov 14:29, Prov 15:18, Prov 16:32, Prov 28:25; Luke 21:19; Rom 2:7-8; Heb 10:36; Jas 5:8; 1Pet 2:20-21, 1Pet 5:5-6


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hasty 1Sam 25:21-22; 2Sam 19:43; Esth 3:5-6; Prov 14:17, Prov 16:32; Jonah 4:9; Eph 4:26-27; Jas 1:19

anger Gen 4:5-6, Gen 4:8, Gen 34:7-8, Gen 34:25-26, Gen 34:30-31; 2Sam 13:22, 2Sam 13:28, 2Sam 13:32; Prov 26:23-26; Mark 6:19, Mark 6:24


10
What Judg 6:13; Jer 44:17-19

wisely Heb. out of wisdom, Gen 6:11-12; Ps 14:2-3; Isa 50:1; Rom 1:22-32, Rom 3:9-19


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good with an inheritance or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too. Eccl 9:15-18; 1Kgs 3:6-9; Luke 16:8-9; 1Tim 6:17-19

them Eccl 11:7


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wisdom Job 1:10, Job 22:21-25; Prov 2:7, Prov 2:11, Prov 14:20, Prov 18:10-11; Isa 33:6

a defence Heb. a shadow, Judg 9:15; Ps 57:1; Isa 30:2, Isa 32:2

the excellency Deut 30:19-20, Deut 32:47; Prov 3:18, Prov 8:35, Prov 9:11, Prov 11:4; John 12:50, John 17:3; Phil 3:8


13
Consider Job 37:14; Ps 8:3, Ps 107:43; Isa 5:12

who Eccl 1:15; Job 9:12, Job 11:10, Job 12:14, Job 34:29; Isa 14:27, Isa 43:13, Isa 46:10-11; Dan 4:35; Rom 9:15, Rom 9:19; Eph 1:11


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the day Eccl 3:4; Deut 28:47; Ps 30:11-12, Ps 40:3; Matt 9:13; John 16:22-23; Jas 5:13

but Deut 8:3; 1Kgs 8:47, 1Kgs 17:17-18; 2Chr 33:12-13; Job 10:1-2; Ps 94:12-13; Ps 119:71; Isa 22:12-14, Isa 26:11, Isa 42:25; Jer 23:20; Mic 6:9; Hag 1:5-7; Luke 15:17-18; Acts 14:22

set Heb. made, Eccl 12:8, Eccl 12:13; Hos 2:6-7


15
have I Eccl 2:23, Eccl 5:16-17, Eccl 6:12; Gen 47:9; Ps 39:6

there is a just Eccl 3:16, Eccl 8:14, Eccl 9:1-2; 1Sam 22:18-19; 1Kgs 21:13; 2Chr 24:21-22; Job 9:22-23; Matt 23:34-35; John 16:2; Acts 7:52

there is a wicked Eccl 8:12-13; Job 21:7-15; Ps 73:3-13; Isa 65:20; Jer 12:1-2


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Be not This verse is probably the language of an ungodly man; to which Solomon answers, as in the following verse, "Do not multiply wickedness; do not add direct opposition to godliness, to the rest of your crimes. Why should you provoke God to destroy you before your time?" Prov 25:16; Matt 6:1-7, Matt 9:14, Matt 15:2-9, Matt 23:5, Matt 23:23-24, Matt 23:29; Luke 18:12; Rom 10:2; Phil 3:6; 1Tim 4:3

neither Eccl 12:12; Gen 3:6; Job 11:12, Job 28:28; Prov 23:4; Rom 11:25, Rom 12:3; 1Cor 3:18, 1Cor 3:20; Col 2:18, Col 2:23; Jas 3:13-17

destroy thyself Heb. be desolate, Matt 23:38; Rev 18:19


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not Jer 2:33-34; Ezek 8:17, Ezek 16:20; Jas 1:21

why Gen 38:7-10; 1Sam 25:38; Job 15:32-33; Ps 55:23; Prov 10:27; Acts 5:5, Acts 5:10; Acts 12:23

before thy time Heb. not in thy time


18
good Eccl 11:6; Prov 4:25-27, Prov 8:20; Luke 11:42

for Eccl 8:12, Eccl 12:13; Ps 25:12-14, Ps 145:19-20; Jer 32:40; Mal 4:2; Luke 1:50


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Eccl 9:15-18; 2Sam 20:16-22; Prov 21:22, Prov 24:5; Col 1:9-11


20
there 1Kgs 8:46; 2Chr 6:36; Job 15:14-16; Ps 130:3, Ps 143:2; Prov 20:9; Isa 53:6; Rom 3:23; Jas 3:2; 1John 1:8-10

doeth Isa 64:6


21
take no heed Heb. give not thine heart, 2Sam 19:19

unto 2Sam 16:10; Isa 29:21; 1Cor 13:5-7


22
also 1Kgs 2:44; Matt 15:19, Matt 18:32-35; John 8:7-9; Jas 3:9


23
I said Gen 3:5; 1Kgs 3:11-12, 1Kgs 11:1-8; Rom 1:22; 1Cor 1:20


24
Deut 30:11-14; Job 11:7-8, Job 28:12-23, Job 28:28; Ps 36:6, Ps 139:6; Isa 55:8-9; Rom 11:33; 1Tim 6:16


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I applied mine heart Heb. I and my heart compassed, Eccl 1:13-17, Eccl 2:1-3, Eccl 2:12, Eccl 2:20

the reason Eccl 7:27 *marg. Eccl 2:15, Eccl 3:16-17, Eccl 9:1-2; Jer 12:1-2; 2Pet 2:3-9, 2Pet 3:3-9

know Eccl 9:3, Eccl 10:13; Gen 34:7; Josh 7:13; 2Sam 13:12; Prov 17:12, Prov 26:11


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I find Judg 16:18-21; Prov 2:18-19, Prov 5:3-5, Prov 7:21-27, Prov 9:18, Prov 22:14, Prov 23:27-28

whoso pleaseth God Heb. he that is good before God, Eccl 2:26


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saith Eccl 1:1-2, Eccl 12:8-10

counting one by one, to find out the account or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason, Eccl 7:25


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yet Eccl 7:23-24; Isa 26:9

one Job 33:23; Ps 12:1

but Solomon, instead of seeking one rational, virtuous woman, had collected an immense multitude, of various countries and religions, for magnificence and indulgence; among whom, as might have been expected, he had not found one who was thoroughly faithful, upright, and pious. He here uses the language of a penitent, warning others of the errors into which he had been led; and not that of a wasphish satirist, lashing indiscriminately one half of the human species. 1Kgs 11:1-3


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God Gen 1:26-27, Gen 5:1

they The descendants of Adam have sought out an immense number of inventions, in order to find happiness in the world, without God, which have only proved so many variations of impiety and iniquity. Gen 3:6-7, Gen 6:5-6, Gen 6:11-12, Gen 11:4-6; Ps 99:8, Ps 106:29, Ps 106:39; Jer 2:12-13; Jer 4:22; Ezek 22:6-13; Mark 7:8-9; Acts 7:40-43; Rom 1:21-32, Rom 3:9-19; Eph 2:2-3; Titus 3:3


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