{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/tsk/ecc007.htm","path":"bib/cmt/tsk/ecc007.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/tsk/ecc007.htm","text":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880]\nOverview\nEcc 7:1, Remedies against vanity are, a good name; Ecc 7:2, mortification; Ecc 7:7, patience; Ecc 7:11, wisdom; Ecc 7:23, The difficulty of wisdom.\nname: Pro 15:30, Pro 22:1; Isa 56:5; Luk 10:20; Heb 11:2, Heb 11:39\nprecious: Ecc 10:1; Psa 133:2; Pro 27:9; Sol 1:3, Sol 4:10; Joh 13:2\nthe day: Ecc 4:2; Job 3:17; Isa 57:1, Isa 57:2; Co2 5:1, Co2 5:8; Phi 1:21-23; Rev 14:13\nbetter: Gen. 48:1-22, 49:2-33, Gen 50:15-17; Job 1:4, Job 1:5; Isa 5:11, Isa 5:12, Isa 22:12-14; Amo 6:3-6; Mat 5:4, Mat 14:6-12; Pe1 4:3, Pe1 4:4\nthat: Num 23:10; Deu 32:29; Rom 6:21, Rom 6:22; Phi 3:19; Heb 9:27\nliving: Deu 32:46; Isa 47:7; Hag 1:5 *marg. Mal 2:2\nSorrow: or, Anger\nis better: Psa 119:67, Psa 119:71, Psa 126:5, Psa 126:6; Jer 31:8, Jer 31:9, Jer 31:15-20, Jer 50:4, Jer 50:5; Dan. 9:3-19; Dan 10:2, Dan 10:3, Dan 10:19; Zac 12:10-14; Luk 6:21, Luk 6:25; Joh 16:20-22; Co2 7:9-11; Jam 4:8-10\nby: Rom 5:3, Rom 5:4; Co2 4:17; Heb 12:10, Heb 12:11; Jam 1:2-4\nheart: Neh 2:2-5; Isa 53:3, Isa 53:4; Mat 8:14-16; Mar 5:38-43; Luk 7:12, Luk 7:13; Joh 11:31-35\nthe heart: Sa1 25:36, Sa1 30:16; Sa2 13:28; Kg1 20:16; Isa 21:4; Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Dan 5:1-4, Dan 5:30; Hos 7:5; Nah 1:10; Mar 6:21-29\nbetter: Psa 141:5; Pro 9:8, Pro 13:13, Pro 15:31, Pro 15:32, Pro 17:10, Pro 27:6; Rev 3:19\nthe song: Psa 69:12\nas: Ecc 2:2; Psa 58:9, Psa 118:12; Isa 65:13-15; Amo 8:10; Luk 6:25, Luk 16:25; Pe2 2:13-17; Jde 1:12, Jde 1:13\ncrackling: Heb. sound\nthe laughter: Pro 29:9\noppression: Deu 28:33, Deu 28:34, Deu 28:65\na gift: Exo 23:8; Deu 16:19; Sa1 8:3, Sa1 12:3; Pro 17:23; Isa 1:23, Isa 33:15\nBetter: Psa 126:5, Psa 126:6; Isa 10:24, Isa 10:25, Isa 10:28-34; Luk 16:25; Jam 5:11; Pe1 1:13\nthe patient: Pro 13:10, Pro 14:29, Pro 15:18, Pro 16:32, Pro 28:25; Luk 21:19; Rom 2:7, Rom 2:8; Heb 10:36; Jam 5:8; Pe1 2:20, Pe1 2:21, Pe1 5:5, Pe1 5:6\nhasty: Sa1 25:21, Sa1 25:22; Sa2 19:43; Est 3:5, Est 3:6; Pro 14:17, Pro 16:32; Jon 4:9; Eph 4:26, Eph 4:27; Jam 1:19\nanger: Gen 4:5, Gen 4:6, Gen 4:8, Gen 34:7, Gen 34:8, Gen 34:25, Gen 34:26, Gen 34:30, Gen 34:31; Sa2 13:22, Sa2 13:28, Sa2 13:32; Pro 26:23-26; Mar 6:19, Mar 6:24\nWhat: Jdg 6:13; Jer 44:17-19\nwisely: Heb. out of wisdom, Gen 6:11, Gen 6:12; Psa 14:2, Psa 14:3; Isa 50:1; Rom 1:22-32, Rom 3:9-19\ngood with an inheritance: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too. Ecc 9:15-18; Kg1 3:6-9; Luk 16:8, Luk 16:9; Ti1 6:17-19\nthem: Ecc 11:7\nwisdom: Job 1:10, Job 22:21-25; Pro 2:7, Pro 2:11, Pro 14:20, Pro 18:10, Pro 18:11; Isa 33:6\na defence: Heb. a shadow, Jdg 9:15; Psa 57:1; Isa 30:2, Isa 32:2\nthe excellency: Deu 30:19, Deu 30:20, Deu 32:47; Pro 3:18, Pro 8:35, Pro 9:11, Pro 11:4; Joh 12:50, Joh 17:3; Phi 3:8\nConsider: Job 37:14; Psa 8:3, Psa 107:43; Isa 5:12\nwho: Ecc 1:15; Job 9:12, Job 11:10, Job 12:14, Job 34:29; Isa 14:27, Isa 43:13, Isa 46:10, Isa 46:11; Dan 4:35; Rom 9:15, Rom 9:19; Eph 1:11\nthe day: Ecc 3:4; Deu 28:47; Psa 30:11, Psa 30:12, Psa 40:3; Mat 9:13; Joh 16:22, Joh 16:23; Jam 5:13\nbut: Deu 8:3; Kg1 8:47, Kg1 17:17, Kg1 17:18; Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:13; Job 10:1, Job 10:2; Psa 94:12, Psa 94:13; Psa 119:71; Isa 22:12-14, Isa 26:11, Isa 42:25; Jer 23:20; Mic 6:9; Hag 1:5-7; Luk 15:17, Luk 15:18; Act 14:22\nset: Heb. made, Ecc 12:8, Ecc 12:13; Hos 2:6, Hos 2:7\nhave I: Ecc 2:23, Ecc 5:16, Ecc 5:17, Ecc 6:12; Gen 47:9; Psa 39:6\nthere is a just: Ecc 3:16, Ecc 8:14, Ecc 9:1, Ecc 9:2; Sa1 22:18, Sa1 22:19; Kg1 21:13; Ch2 24:21, Ch2 24:22; Job 9:22, Job 9:23; Mat 23:34, Mat 23:35; Joh 16:2; Act 7:52\nthere is a wicked: Ecc 8:12, Ecc 8:13; Job 21:7-15; Psa 73:3-13; Isa 65:20; Jer 12:1, Jer 12:2\nBe 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?\" Pro 25:16; Mat 6:1-7, Mat 9:14, Mat 15:2-9, Mat 23:5, Mat 23:23, Mat 23:24, Mat 23:29; Luk 18:12; Rom 10:2; Phi 3:6; Ti1 4:3\nneither: Ecc 12:12; Gen 3:6; Job 11:12, Job 28:28; Pro 23:4; Rom 11:25, Rom 12:3; Co1 3:18, Co1 3:20; Col 2:18, Col 2:23; Jam 3:13-17\ndestroy thyself: Heb. be desolate, Mat 23:38; Rev 18:19\nnot: Jer 2:33, Jer 2:34; Eze 8:17, Eze 16:20; Jam 1:21\nwhy: Gen 38:7-10; Sa1 25:38; Job 15:32, Job 15:33; Psa 55:23; Pro 10:27; Act 5:5, Act 5:10; Act 12:23\nbefore thy time: Heb. not in thy time\ngood: Ecc 11:6; Pro 4:25-27, Pro 8:20; Luk 11:42\nfor: Ecc 8:12, Ecc 12:13; Psa 25:12-14, Psa 145:19, Psa 145:20; Jer 32:40; Mal 4:2; Luk 1:50\nEcc 9:15-18; Sa2 20:16-22; Pro 21:22, Pro 24:5; Col 1:9-11\nthere: Kg1 8:46; Ch2 6:36; Job 15:14-16; Psa 130:3, Psa 143:2; Pro 20:9; Isa 53:6; Rom 3:23; Jam 3:2; Jo1 1:8-10\ndoeth: Isa 64:6\ntake no heed: Heb. give not thine heart, Sa2 19:19\nunto: Sa2 16:10; Isa 29:21; Co1 13:5-7\nalso: Kg1 2:44; Mat 15:19, Mat 18:32-35; Joh 8:7-9; Jam 3:9\nI said: Gen 3:5; Kg1 3:11, Kg1 3:12, Kg1 11:1-8; Rom 1:22; Co1 1:20\nDeu 30:11-14; Job 11:7, Job 11:8, Job 28:12-23, Job 28:28; Psa 36:6, Psa 139:6; Isa 55:8, Isa 55:9; Rom 11:33; Ti1 6:16\nI applied mine heart: Heb. I and my heart compassed, Ecc 1:13-17, Ecc 2:1-3, Ecc 2:12, Ecc 2:20\nthe reason: Ecc 7:27 *marg. Ecc 2:15, Ecc 3:16, Ecc 3:17, Ecc 9:1, Ecc 9:2; Jer 12:1, Jer 12:2; Pe2 2:3-9, Pe2 3:3-9\nknow: Ecc 9:3, Ecc 10:13; Gen 34:7; Jos 7:13; Sa2 13:12; Pro 17:12, Pro 26:11\nI find: Jdg 16:18-21; Pro 2:18, Pro 2:19, Pro 5:3-5, Pro 7:21-27, Pro 9:18, Pro 22:14, Pro 23:27, Pro 23:28\nwhoso pleaseth God: Heb. he that is good before God, Ecc 2:26\nsaith: Ecc 1:1, Ecc 1:2, Ecc 12:8-10\ncounting one by one, to find out the account: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason, Ecc 7:25\nyet: Ecc 7:23, Ecc 7:24; Isa 26:9\nbut: 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. Kg1 11:1-3\nGod: Gen 1:26, Gen 1:27, Gen 5:1\nthey: 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, Gen 3:7, Gen 6:5, Gen 6:6, Gen 6:11, Gen 6:12, Gen 11:4-6; Psa 99:8, Psa 106:29, Psa 106:39; Jer 2:12, Jer 2:13; Jer 4:22; Eze 22:6-13; Mar 7:8, Mar 7:9; Act 7:40-43; Rom 1:21-32, Rom 3:9-19; Eph 2:2, Eph 2:3; Tit 3:3","title":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: Ecclesiastes: Ecclesiastes Chapter 7","type":"page"}