Ecclesiastes Chapter 7
Complete
Jewish Bible
Part
3 Vs. 11-17
When Soloman writes Ecclesiastes
he seems disappointed and discouraged about the results of his life choices and
how he sees the lives of others working out in the world.
Solomon knew the True and Living
GOD JEHOVAH, he knew of the Promised Messiah but could not reconcile what he
experienced and saw with the Promise. We have the Promised Messiah, JESUS
CHRIST, we have no excuse for this kind of sorrow!
:11-12 Wisdom is good (Proverbs
9:10), along with possessions, an advantage to all who see the sun (Proverbs 4:18).
For Wisdom is a shelter (Proverbs 9:1-6, 24:3-4) and money is a shelter
(Proverbs 10:15, 18:11; Matthew 6:19-24, 19:23-24; Luke 12:16-21), but the
advantage of Knowledge (Proverbs 1:6) is that Wisdom keeps the one who has it
Alive (Proverbs 1:33, 3:13-18).
:13 Consider The Work of GOD
(Psalm 90:1-2: Proverbs 8:25-26; Revelation 4:11); who can make straight what
He has made crooked (Job 12:13-14; Isaiah 40:3-5; Matthew 3:1-3)?
:14 When things are going well
enjoy yourself, but when things are going badly consider that GOD made the one
alongside the other (Proverbs 5:21, 15:3; Matthew 5:45; Romans 8:28; James 1:2-3),
so that people would learn nothing of their futures (Ecclesiastes 6:12).
:15 In my pointless life I have
seen everything – from the righteous person perishing in his uprightness to the
wicked one who lives a long life and keeps on doing wrong (Proverbs 8:10-15).
:16 So don’t be overly Righteous
or overly Wise; why should you disappoint yourself (Proverbs 25:27; Jeremiah
9:23-24; Romans 12:3)?
:17 Don’t be overly wicked and
don’t be foolish; why should you die before your time (Job 15:20, 30-32; Psalm
55:23; Proverbs 12:15; Titus 3:3)?
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