Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7

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← Ecclesiastes | ← Ch 6 | Ch 8 →

Ecclesiastes 7 . 1 , Remedies against vanity are , a good name; Ecclesiastes 7 . 2 , mortification; Ecclesiastes 7 . 7 , patience; Ecclesiastes 7 . 11 , wisdom; Ecclesiastes 7 . 23 , The difficulty of wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 · BSB

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precious6 parallels

the day8 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:2 · BSB

better13 parallels

that6 parallels

living4 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 · BSB

is better19 parallels

by6 parallels

Sorrow or , Anger

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 7:4 · BSB

heart8 parallels

the heart12 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:5 · BSB

better8 parallels

the song1 parallel

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Ecclesiastes 7:6

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:6 · BSB

as10 parallels

the laughter1 parallel

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crackling Heb. sound

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 · BSB

oppression3 parallels

a gift7 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 · BSB

Better8 parallels

the patient14 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB

hasty11 parallels

anger15 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Ecclesiastes 7:10 · BSB

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wisely7 parallels

Heb. out of wisdom

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Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:11 · BSB

good with an inheritance5 parallels

or , as good as an inheritance , yea , better too

them1 parallel

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Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 · BSB

wisdom8 parallels

a defence4 parallels

Heb. a shadow

the excellency10 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

Ecclesiastes 7:13 · BSB

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who13 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

Ecclesiastes 7:14 · BSB

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but20 parallels

set4 parallels

Heb. made

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Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:15 · BSB

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there is a just15 parallels

there is a wicked7 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:16

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 · BSB

Be not12 parallels

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?"

neither12 parallels

destroy thyself2 parallels

Heb. be desolate

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Ecclesiastes 7:17

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Ecclesiastes 7:17 · BSB

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why9 parallels

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before thy time Heb. not in thy time

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Ecclesiastes 7:18 · BSB

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for8 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

Ecclesiastes 9 . 15-18

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Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 · BSB

there10 parallels

doeth1 parallel

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Ecclesiastes 7:21

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

Ecclesiastes 7:21 · BSB

take no heed1 parallel

Heb. give not thine heart

unto3 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:22

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 7:22 · BSB

also5 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:23

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

Ecclesiastes 7:23 · BSB

I said6 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:24

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

Ecclesiastes 7:24 · BSB

the whole verse10 parallels

Deuteronomy 30 . 11-14

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Ecclesiastes 7:25

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 7:25 · BSB

I applied mine heart4 parallels

Heb. I and my heart compassed

the reason10 parallels

know7 parallels

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Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

I find9 parallels

whoso pleaseth God1 parallel

Heb. he that is good before God

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Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

Ecclesiastes 7:27 · BSB

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counting one by one , to find out the account1 parallel

or , weighing one thing after another , to find out the reason

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Ecclesiastes 7:28

While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

Ecclesiastes 7:28 · BSB

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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

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Ecclesiastes 7:29

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29 · BSB

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they22 parallels

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

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Chiasms
Shaped Ecclesiastes 1:2–12:8, Ecclesiastes 7:1–6, Ecclesiastes 7:20–26, Ecclesiastes 7:7–9
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