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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

In these verses Solomon lays down some great truths which seem paradoxes to the unthinking part, that is, the far greatest part, of mankind. I. That the honour of virtue is really more valuable and desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world (Eccl. 7:1): A good name is before good ointment (so it may be read); it is preferable to it, and will be rather chosen by all that are wise. Good ointment is here put for all the profits of the earth (among the products of which oil was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning ,.... For deceased relations or friends, who either lie unburied, or have been lately inferred; for the Jews kept their mourning for their dead several days afterwards, when their friends visited them in order to comfort them, as the Jews did Martha and Mary, John 11:31 . So the Targum here, "it is better to go to a mourning man to comfort him;' for at such times and places the conversation was serious and interesting, and turned upon the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter ,.... Sorrow, expressed in the house of mourning, is better, more useful and commendable, than that foolish laughter, and those airs of levity, expressed in the house of feasting; or sorrow on account of affliction and troubles, even adversity itself, is oftentimes much more profitable, and conduces more to the good of men, than prosperity; or sorrow for sin, a godly sorrow, a sorrow after a godly sort, which works repentance unto salvation, that needeth not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ,.... When his body is not; when it does not suit him to go thither in person, his mind is there, and his thoughts are employed on the useful subjects of the frailty and mortality of human nature, of death, a future judgment, and a world to come; which shows him to be a wise man, and concerned for the best things, even for his eternal happiness in another state; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth ; where jovial company... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning - Birthdays were generally kept with great festivity, and to these the wise man most probably refers; but according to his maxim, the miseries of life were so many and so oppressive that the day of a man's death was to be preferred to the day of his birth. But, in dependently of the allusion, it is much more profitable to visit the house of mourning for the dead than the house of festivity. In the former we find occasion for serious and deeply... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter - The reason is immediately given; for by the sorrow of the countenance - the grief of heart that shows itself in the countenance: - The heart is made better - In such cases, most men try themselves at the tribunal of their own consciences, and resolve on amendment of life. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning - A wise man loves those occasions from which he can derive spiritual advantage; and therefore prefers visiting the sick, and sympathizing with those who have suffered privations by death. But the fool - the gay, thoughtless, and giddy - prefers places and times of diversion and amusement. Here he is prevented from seriously considering either himself or his latter end. The grand fault and misfortune of youth. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1-7

Section 1. Though no man knows for certain what is best, yet there are some practical rules for the conduct of life which wisdom gives . Some of these Koheleth sets forward in the proverbial form, recommending a serious, earnest life in preference to one of gaiety and frivolity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. The thought in the last verse leads to the recollection of the circumstances which accompany the two events therein mentioned—birth and death, feasting and joy, in the first case; sorrow and mourning in the second. In recommending the sober, earnest life, Koheleth teaches that wiser, more enduring lessons are to be learned where grief reigns than in the empty and momentary excitement of mirth and joyousness.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter . This is a further expansion of the previous maxim, כַּעַס ( kaas ), as contrasted with שְׂהוֹק , is rightly rendered "sorrow," "melancholy," or, as Ginsburg contends, "thoughtful sadness." The Septuagint has θυμός , the Vulgate ira ; but auger is not the feeling produced by a visit to the house of mourning. Such a scene produces saddening reflection, which is in itself a moral training, and is more wholesome and elevating than thoughtless... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:3

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