Ecclesiastes 10

Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  • 10:2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. 1
  • 10:3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool. 1
  • 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth. 1
  • 10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. 1
  • 10:9 Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby. 1
  • 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 1
  • 10:15 The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city. 1
  • 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 1

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  1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites Eccl. 10:2

    …Christ like behavior. He knows not how to put on these garments, neither do they fit him: Eccl. 10:2, 3, "A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart is at his left. Yea also…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Eccles. 10:3

    … walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. Eccles. 10:3. What, shall we talk farther with him, or outgo him at present, and so leave him to think…

  3. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites Ecclesiastes 10:7

    …y 19 “I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.” (Ecclesiastes 10:7) Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. T…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Eccl 10: 8

    …mber;’ and they break this hedge; but he who breaks this hedge, a serpent shall bite him. Eccl 10: 8. The Sabbath day in England lies bleeding; and oh! that our parliament would pour some ba…

  5. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    November cites Ecclesiastes 10:9

    …ng-expected day, begin! November 17 “He that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.” (Ecclesiastes 10:9) Oppressors may get their will of poor and needy men as easily as they can split logs of …

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Eccl. 10: 12

    …words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious;’ he speaks as if he had been already in heaven. Eccl. 10: 12. So it is a sign of a man given to covetousness to speak always of secular things, of his…

  7. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Eccl. 10.15

    … wander, but wearieth himself with vanity, for he knoweth not the way to the city of God (Eccl. 10.15). 20. But one day, amongst all the sermons our parson made, his subject was, to treat of …

  8. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Strong Rod Broken and Withered cites Eccles. x. 16

    …those public societies are miserable that have not such strong rods for sceptres to rule: Eccles. x. 16, “Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child.” As government, and strong rods for the …