Ecclesiastes 7
Treated in 22 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 7:20 Indeed, there is no one on earth so righteous that they always do good and never sin. 6
- 7:29 This alone I have found: God made human beings upright, but they have gone looking for many schemes. 4
- 7:16 Do not be too righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why destroy yourself? 3
- 7:2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, because death is the end of everyone, and the living will take it to heart. 2
- 7:4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of mourning, but the hearts of fools are in the house of pleasure. 1
- 7:6 For like thorns crackling under a pot is the laughter of a fool. This too is a breath. 1
- 7:7 Oppression can drive a wise person mad, and a bribe corrupts the heart. 1
- 7:8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. 1
- 7:10 Do not say, "How is it that earlier days were better than these?" It is not wisdom that prompts that question. 1
- 7:17 Do not be too wicked, and do not be a fool. Why die before your time? 1
- 7:26 I find something more bitter than death: the woman who is a trap, whose heart is a net and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her. 1
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Where it is preached
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
A Preservative Against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles, in Regard to Righteousness and Christian Perfection Being a More Particular Answer to Doctor Trapp's Four Sermons Upon the Same Text cites Ecclesiastes 7:16
…a More Particular Answer to Doctor Trapp's Four Sermons Upon the Same Text Ecclesiastes 7:16 — “Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
Dying Thoughts cites ECCLESIASTES 7:2
…of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. ECCLESIASTES 7:2 Why it is far better Paul’s phrase carried the weight of the book, and Baxter took it…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon III cites Eccles. vii. 2
…saith of such laughter, “it is mad, and of mirth, what doth it?” Eccles. ii. 2. and Eccles. vii. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. “It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Eccl 7: 4
…of pleasure read but these two Scriptures. ‘The heart of fools is in the house of mirth.’ Eccl 7: 4. ‘How much she has lived deliciously, so much torment give her.’ Rev 18: 7. Sugar laid in…
- Holiness ·
The Cost cites Eccl. vii. 6
…the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool.” (Job xx. 5; Eccl. vii. 6.) But it is also written—“Peace I leave with you, my peace give I unto you: not as the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Believer's Privilege at Death cites Eccl 7:7
…what, then, may a believer say! ‘The day of death is better than the day of one’s birth.’ Eccl 7:7: A queen of this land said she preferred her coffin before her cradle. What benefits do…
- Morning by Morning ·
December cites Ecclesiastes 7:8
…thy grateful eye! December 30 “Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.” (Ecclesiastes 7:8) Look at David's Lord and Master; see his beginning. He was despised and rejected of men…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Of Former Times cites Eccles. 7:10
…former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” Eccles. 7:10. 1. It is not easy to discern any connexion between this text and the context; between…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough cites Ecclesiastes 7:16
Ecclesiastes 7:16 — “Be not righteous overmuch, neither make thyself over-wise: why shouldst thou destroy…
- Holiness ·
Assurance cites Eccles. vii. 16
…enough, and art good enough: thou needest no more, neither must thou be too righteous.’ (Eccles. vii. 16.) These are soft, but not safe, cushions: these are fawning flatterers, and not faithful…
- Christ the Healer ·
Is Healing for All? cites Eccl. 7:17
…not away in the midst of my days. (Psa. 102:24) Why shouldst thou die before thy time? (Eccl. 7:17.) Then some one may ask, Well, how is a man going to die? Thou takest away their breath…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Eccl 7: 20
…just man upon earth, that does good and sinneth not;’ nay, that ‘sins not in doing good.’ Eccl 7: 20. There is that in the best actions of a righteous man that is damnable, if God should…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites Eccles. 7:20
…6:36; ) yea, “There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not.’ (Eccles. 7:20.)” I answer, Without doubt, thus it was in the days of Solomon. Yea, thus it was from…
- Holiness ·
The Ruler of the Waves cites Eccles. vii. 20
…have true saving faith, and yet not have it always close at hand, and ready to be used. (Eccles. vii. 20; James iii. 2.) Abraham was the father of the faithful. By faith he forsook his country…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Original Sin cites Eccl 7:20
…seeds of original sin remain in the best. ‘There is not a just man lives and sins not.’ Eccl 7:20. And Paul complained of a ‘body of death.’ Rom 7:24. Though grace purifies nature, it…
- Old Paths ·
Forgiveness cites Eccles. vii. 20
…when he said, “There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” (Eccles. vii. 20.) “In many things,” says the apostle James, “we offend all.” (James iii. 2.) And what is…
- Knots Untied ·
Confession cites Eccles. vii. 20
…is not a child of Adam that ought not to confess sin. (Eph. ii. 3; Rom. iii. 23, 19; Eccles. vii. 20.) There is no exception to this rule. It does not apply only to murderers, and felons…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Eccl 7: 26
…adultery, that recover from it. Her ‘heart is snares and nets, and her hands are bands.’ Eccl 7: 26. Her ‘heart is snares,’ that is, she is subtle to deceive those who come to her; and ‘her…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 1 — Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made Accursed and Degenerate cites Eccl. 7:29
…only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions,” (Eccl. 7:29). Since man, by the kindness of God, was made upright, but by his oven infatuation fell…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites Eccl. 7:29
…asserts that “God has made man upright;” that “they have sought out many inventions,” (Eccl. 7:29). But since man, by degenerating, has made shipwreck of himself and all his blessings, it…
- Pensées (For Teens) ·
Great and Messed Up cites Ecclesiastes 7:29
…I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” — Ecclesiastes 7:29 (KJV) Pascal could not stop being amazed at how strange human beings are. We are capable…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Adam's Sin cites Eccl 7:29
…state of innocence. ‘God made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.’ Eccl 7:29. Adam was perfectly holy, he had rectitude of mind, and liberty of will to good; but his…