Ecclesiastes Chapter 7
Part
4 Vs. 16-24
Complete
Jewish Bible
When Solomon 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!
: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)?
:18 Don’t grasp just one of these
rules, take hold of the other as well; for he who is in Fear of GOD will live
by both of them (Proverbs 3:7-8, 10:23, 26:12; 1 Corinthians 10:12).
:19 To a Wise man wisdom is better
protection than ten rulers in a city (GOD’s Wisdom is better than all the city
rulers combined Proverbs 21:22; Ecclesiastes 9:13-18).
:20 For there is not a Righteous
person on the earth who does [only] good and never sins (1 Kings 8:46; Proverbs
20:9; Romans 3:23; 1 John 1:8-10).
:21-22 Also, don’t take seriously
every word spoken, such as when you hear your servant speaking badly of you; because
often, as you yourself know, you have spoken badly of others (Matthew 5:21-22, 7:1-2,
12:34-37; James 3:2; 1 John 3:1-15).
:23-24 All this I have put to the
test of Wisdom (Isaiah 1:18; Proverbs 1:1-7), I said, “I will acquire Wisdom.”;
but Wisdom remained far from me (Why?). That which exists is far away and deep,
so deep that it cannot be discovered (Psalm 139:1-12; Proverbs 16:1-3; Matthew
10:26; 1Corinthians 2:6-11).
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