传道书 5:1 CUVS

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ecclesiastes 5:1-12

Ecclesiastes LESSONS FOR WORSHIP AND FOR WORK Ecc_5:1 - Ecc_5:12 . This passage is composed of two or perhaps three apparently disconnected sections. The faults in worship referred to in Ecc_5:1 - Ecc_5:7 have nothing to do with the legalised robbery of Ecc_5:8 , nor has the demonstration of the folly of covetousness in Ecc_5:10 - Ecc_5:12 any connection with either of the preceding subjects. But they are brought into unity, if they are taken as applications in different directions of the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is wholly conditioned under the sun. The recognition of God is always irksome. This is based largely on the conception of God which is the inevitable outcome of such life, that conception which we have already seen manifest in the previous words of the king. A11 the things which he advances here are... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1

THE ETHICS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools.’ Ecclesiastes 5:1 I. God, Who is present at all times and everywhere, has nevertheless appointed particular seasons and especial places in which He has promised to manifest Himself more clearly, more powerfully, and more graciously to men. The pious heart finds a temple of God everywhere. It is itself a temple of God. Yet even hence the need of other... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Chapter 5 True Religion and Worship. The Problem of Riches. The Good Life. The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 ). This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher’s musings when he seems for a short period to break through the veil of meaninglessness. Here he considers man approaching God, with true seeking, true worship, and contact with the heavenly, that men might learn to fear God more (Ecclesiastes 5:7). It is contact with everlastingness. It is the first... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Ecclesiastes 5:1-Judges : . Reality in Religion.— This section deals with worship and vows. Those who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear) must go reverently and thoughtfully. “ Keep thy foot” recalls the Oriental practice of removing one’ s shoes in sacred places ( Exodus 3:5). The great requirement in religion is not the ritual sacrifice but the spirit of discipleship and obedience ( 1 Samuel 15:22 and the prophets passim) . Read, with a slight change, “ for... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1

Keep thy foot; the feet of thy soul, which are the thoughts and affections, by which men go to God, and walk or converse with him. Make straight steps. See that your hearts be purged from sin, and prepared and furnished with all graces or necessary qualifications, as good intention, reverence, humility, &c. It is a metaphor from one that walketh in a very slippery path, in which there needs more than ordinary care to keep him from falling. The house of God; the place of God’s solemn and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

CRITICAL NOTES.—Ecclesiastes 5:1. Thy foot] The outward movement, as showing the tendency of the heart. The sacrifice of fools] Some unworthy satisfaction of the religious idea—an offering whose purpose is merely to please God, and to serve as a salve for the conscience. They consider not that they do evil] Theirs is the error of simple ignorance rather than of any intention to deceive. Ecclesiastes 5:2. Rash with thy mouth] Refers to the repetition of unmeaning words—mere babbling.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1

Ecclesiastes 5:1 I. God, who is present at all times and everywhere, has nevertheless appointed particular seasons and especial places in which He has promised to manifest Himself more clearly, more powerfully, and more graciously to men. The pious heart finds a temple of God everywhere. It is itself a temple of God. Yet even hence the need of other temples does appear, for what one good man considered by himself is, that God commands us all as a body to be. In order that we may all be thus... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 A thoughtless resorting to the sanctuary, inattention and indevotion there, and precipitancy in religious vows and promises are still as common as in the days of Solomon. And for these evils the only remedy is that which he prescribes: a heartfelt and abiding reverence. I. There is a preparation for the sanctuary. Not only should there be prayer beforehand for God's blessing there, but a studious effort to concentrate on its services all our faculties. In the spirit of that... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

Ecclesiastes 3:1-5:20 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at the mercy of men whose mercy is but a caprice; that in our origin and end, in body and spirit, in faculty and prospect, in our lives and pleasures, we are no better than the beasts that perish; that the avocations into which we plunge, amid which we seek to forget our sad estate, spring from our... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ecclesiastes 5:1-12

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:1

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

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