Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:15-29
2. Righteousness and wickedness 7:15-29Even though the righteous sometimes do not receive a reward in this life and the wicked prosper, it is still better to live righteously."Proper evaluation of a man’s character helps to explain the apparent inequalities in divine providence." [Note: Kaiser, Ecclesiastes . . ., p. 78.] read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:23
23. All this—resuming the "all" in Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 7:15-22 is therefore the fruit of his dearly bought experience in the days of his "vanity." I will be wise—I tried to "be wise," independently of God. But true wisdom was then "far from him," in spite of his human wisdom, which he retained by God's gift. So "over wise" (Ecclesiastes 7:15- :). read more